English
array
Array comes from Anglo-Norman arraier.
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400arraier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500arrayen
- Englishearliest quotation 1590array
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400arraier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500arrayen
- Englishearliest quotation 1590array
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book II, Canto IX: “In a long purple pall, whose ſkirt with gold,…”
Every English word from Anglo-Norman arraier
Today it means
noun Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Anglo-Norman arraier / array