Etymology

disarray

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Today it means: To throw into disorder; to break the array of. Full definition →

Middle English disareyen ← Middle French desarroyer ← Old French desareer
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromdesareer
  2. Middle French · derived fromdesarroyer
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdisareyen“to disarray”
  4. English todaydisarray

From Middle English disareyen (“to disarray”), from Middle French desarroyer, from Old French desareer, from des- (“dis-”) + areer (“to array”).

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