Etymology

darter

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Today it means: One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts. Full definition →

English dart ← Middle English dart ← Old French dart
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The story

  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. Englishdart
  10. English todaydarter

From dart + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.