English
javelin dart
From javelin + dart.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- ‘to grab, take’
Gaulish gabulum
Vulgar Latin *gabalus
Old French javelline ‘a type of long, thin, spear used as a weapon’
Middle English chafeveleyn
English javelin
Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- ‘to leap, spring’
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Frankish *darōþu ‘dart, spear’
Medieval Latin dardus ‘spear’
Old French dart ‘spear, javelin’
Middle English dart ‘a hand-thrown spear or missile’
English dart
Today it means
noun Synonym of lawn dart.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / javelin dart