Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin. · Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow. · Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon. · A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart From Middle English dart, from Old French dart, dard (“dart”), from Medieval Latin dardus, from Frankish *darōþu (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Compare Old High German tart (“javelin, dart”), Old English daroþ, dearod (“javelin, spear, dart”), Swedish dart (“dart, dagger”), Icelandic darraður, darr, dör (“dart, spear”).
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