Etymology

dartitis

D2A1R1T1I1T1I1S1

Today it means: A nervous condition which prevents a darts player from releasing the dart at the optimum moment. 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 todaydartitis

From dart + -itis.

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