array
-
- Senior Lexiterian
- Posts: 611
- Joined: Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:14 pm
array
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.
William A. Hupy
- Slava
- Great Grand Panjandrum
- Posts: 8107
- Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:31 am
- Location: Finger Lakes, NY
Re: array
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).
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
Return to “Good Word Suggestions”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot] and 109 guests