- series (n.)
- 1610s, "a number or set of things of one kind arranged in a line," from Latin series "row, chain, series," from serere "to join, link, bind together, put," from PIE root *ser- "to line up, join" (cf. Sanskrit sarat- "thread," Greek eirein "to fasten together in rows," Gothic sarwa (plural) "armor, arms," Old Norse sörve "necklace of stringed pearls," Old Irish sernaid "he joins together," Welsh ystret "row"). 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.