array

[William Hupy]

Does anyone have a history of this word? My own limited research reveals no array of answers, other than vulgar Latin and PIE origin. Does it survive in other languages? I enjoy it when the good Doctor informs us of the PIE root and its subsequent twists and turns.

[Slava]

array
c.1300, from O.Fr. areer "to put in order," from V.L. *ar-redare (cf. It. arredare), from L. ad- "to" + Frank. *ræd- "ready" (cognate with Goth. garadis, O.E. geræde "ready;" see ready).