English
sere
Sere comes from Latin serō ‘to entwine, interlace, link together’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ser-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ser-‘to bind, tie together’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*séretireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEserō‘to entwine, interlace, link together’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsererepresent active infinitive of serō
- Englishearliest quotation 1980sere
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ser-‘to bind, tie together’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*séretireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEserō‘to entwine, interlace, link together’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsererepresent active infinitive of serō
- Englishearliest quotation 1980sere
Earliest quotation: 1980, Douglas C. Andersen, Herbivorous Mammals along a Montane Sere: Community Structur: “We examined one of several seres found in the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to bind, tie together’
sort, service, stream, hero, conservative, serve, reservoir, conservatism, sermon, concierge, sorcery, assertive, heresy, sark, observant, sorcerer, servitude, heretic, strudel, conservator, servile, serf, 33 more
through Proto-Italic *serō
through Latin serō ‘to entwine, interlace, link together’
season, series, desert, serial, insert, exert, soiree, soirée, cerrado, 9 more
Today it means
noun A natural succession community of organisms in an ecosystem, especially a series of communities succeeding one another from a time when habitat is unoccupied or disturbed to the time when a climax community is achieved.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ser- / sere