Where does “dart” come from?
Dart comes from Middle English darten, formed with the Middle English infinitive suffix -en, from Frankish daroth.
dart (English): A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown...
Definitions
- A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown...
Ancestry of “dart”, step by step
dart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English dart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dart | A hand-thrown spear or missile; a javelin;... |
| 2 | Old French | dart | spear, javelin |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | dardus | spear |
| 4 | Frankish | darōþu | throwing spear, arrow; dart, spear; light spear,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | darōþuz | a light spear; javelin; dart |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |