array

array engl. "Anreihe, Anreihung, Reihe," eigtl. "Anratung"

A transitive verb (dress) kleiden; schmücken ▸ array sb in sth jmdn. in etw. (Akk.) kleiden jmdn. in etw. (Akk.) hüllen (formal)▸ array sth with sth etw. mit etw. schmückenB noun (ordered display) Reihe (Fem.)

• From Middle English arrayen,
  • from Anglo-Norman arraier (compare Old French arraier, areer (“to put in order”)),
    • from Vulgar Latin *arrēdō (“to put in order, arrange, array”), from *rēdum (“preparation, order”), from Frankish*raid or *raidā (“preparation, order”) or Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “ready, prepared”), from Proto-Germanic *raidaz, *raidiz (“ready”). Compare Old English rād (“condition, stipulation”), Old High German antreitī (“order, rank”). Doublet of ready.