Series

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early 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘row, chain’, from serere ‘join, connect’.

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Borrowed from Latin seriēs, from serere(“to join together, bind”).

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series (n.)

1610s, "a number or set of things of one kind arranged in a line," from Latin series "row, chain, series, sequence, succession," from serere "to join, link, bind together, arrange, attach, put; join in speech, discuss," from PIE root *ser- (2) "to line up."

Meaning "set of printed works published consecutively" is from 1711. Meaning "set of radio or television programs with the same characters and themes" is attested from 1949. Baseball sense "set of games on consecutive days between the same teams" is from 1862.