- ready
- O.E. ręde, geręde, from P.Gmc. *garaidijaz "arranged" (cf. O.Fris. rede, M.Du. gereit, O.H.G. reiti, M.H.G. bereite, Ger. bereit, O.N. greišr "ready, plain," Goth. garaižs "ordered, arranged"). Lengthened in M.E. by change of ending. The verb is recorded from early 14c. Readily is from early 14c. Ready-made first attested mid-15c.; ready-to-wear is from 1895.