dart

dart · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰerh₃-
2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰórh₃-eh₂
3. Proto-Germanic*darō
4. Proto-Germanic*darōþuz
5. Frankish*darōþ
6. Medieval Latindardus
7. Old Frenchdart
8. Middle Englishdart
9. English todaydart

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”).

dart · verb²

1. Middle English · inherited fromdarten
2. English todaydart

From Middle English darten, from the noun (see above).

Dart · proper noun³

1. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*dar“oak”
2. English todayDart

From Proto-Brythonic *dar (“oak”). Cognate to the Darent.

Dart · proper noun⁴

1. Middle English · derived fromdart
2. English todayDart

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of darts, from Middle English dart.

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