The word 'flechette' originally came from French as 'fléchette'

'Flechette' is a word borrowed from French 'fléchette'. The word entered the English language some time around 1915.

flechette [noun] [1915]

A small dart-shaped projectile that is clustered in an explosive warhead, dropped as a missile from an airplane, or fir...

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Etymology: French, from diminutive of 'flèche' arrow

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