dartist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂

Proto-Germanic *darō

Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz

Proto-Germanic *darōþuz

Frankish *darōþubor.

Medieval Latin dardus

Old French dartbor.

Middle English dart

English dart

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis

Proto-Italic *artis

Latin ars

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -ista

Late Latin artistader.

French artisteder.

English artist

blend

English dartist

Blend of dart + artist.

Noun

dartist (plural dartists)

1. A skilled darts player.
   • 1945, Henry Gibbs, Blue Days and Fair:

     Dartists stood grouped before the two boards in the public bar, the counter full of elbows, the tables crowded.

   • 2003, Gerald Eskenazi, A Sportswriter's Life: From the Desk of a New York Times Reporter:

     So while a "bull" (as the dartists term a bull's-eye) is nice, it is as difficult to hit the narrow red or green strips circling the board and that have different point values.

   • 2003, Mat Coward, In and Out, page 31:

     He'd assumed that the Hollow Head's dartists would all come from the area around the pub, or at least from somewhere in the borough of Cowden.