serial的词源

英文词源

serial (adj.): "coming in regular succession," 1840, from series + -al (1); popularized in reference to Dickens' novels, published one part at a time in periodicals (as opposed to all at once in a book). Found to be a useful word and given wide application. Serial number, indicating position in a series, first recorded 1866, originally of papers, packages, etc.; of soldiers from 1918. Serial killer is first attested 1981 (in relation to John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy), though serial had been used in connection with murders since the early 1960s. Related: Serially.
serial (n.): 1846, from serial (adj.).

来源于拉丁语动词serere(连接,加入)。

归于词根-sert-(连接,加入)。

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来自 series,连续，系列，-al,形容词后缀。