Array
Middle English (in the senses ‘preparedness’ and ‘place in readiness’): from Old French arei (noun), areer (verb), based on Latin ad- ‘towards’ + a Germanic base meaning ‘prepare’.
wiktionary
From Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier (compare Old French arraier, areer(“to put in order”)), from Medieval Latin arrēdō(“to put in order, arrange, array”), from *rēdum(“preparation, order”), from Frankish *reida(“preparation, order”) or Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃( garaiþs, “ready, prepared”), from Proto-Germanic *raidaz, *raidiz(“ready”). Doublet of ready.
etymonline
array (v.)
mid-14c., "marshal (troops), arrange (an army for battle);" late 14c., "put (things) in order, arrange; get (something) ready, prepare; equip, fit out, put clothing on; adorn, decorate," from Old French areyer, earlier areer "to put in order," from Vulgar Latin *ar-redare "put in order" (source also of Italian arredare), from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + *redum, from Frankish *ræd- "ready" or some cognate Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *raidjan "to place in order" (source also of Gothic garadis, Old English geræde "ready;" see ready (adj.)). Related: Arrayed; arraying.
array (n.)
mid-14c., "order or position of things, arrangement, sequence," from Anglo-French arrai, Old French aroi, arroi (12c.), from areer "to put in order" (see array (v.)). From late 14c. as "rank or line of soldiers; troops drawn up in battle formation," also "equipment, furnishings, gear; splendid furnishings, grandeur, magnificence." Meaning "an orderly assemblage" is from 1814.
