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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 [...]

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