javelin
The origin and history of javelin.
Etymology
Traced back through Old French javelot to a Gaulish word for a fork or forked branch — the same distant root gave us "gaffle."
The origin and history of javelin.
Traced back through Old French javelot to a Gaulish word for a fork or forked branch — the same distant root gave us "gaffle."
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