Etymology

endart

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Today it means: To throw or shoot out like a dart. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰerh₃-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰórh₃-eh₂
  10. Proto-Germanic*darō
  11. Proto-Germanic*darōþuz
  12. Frankish*darōþ
  13. Medieval Latindardus
  14. Old Frenchdart
  15. Middle Englishdart
  16. Englishdart
  17. English todayendart

From en- + dart.

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