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English word dart comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰō-, Malayalam dardus, and later Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (A light spear; javelin; dart.)
*dʰō- (Proto-Indo-European)
dardus (Malayalam)
*dar- (Proto-Germanic)
*darōþuz (Proto-Germanic)
A light spear; javelin; dart.
*daroth (Frankish)
Throwing spear, arrow.
dardus (Latin)
(Medieval Latin) spear.
dart (Old French)
Spear, javelin.
dart (Middle English)
A spear set as a prize in running. - Geoffrey Chaucer.
dart (English)
(Australia, Canada, colloquial) A cigarette.. (Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme.. (sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment.. A fish; the dace.. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.. A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target [...]