## Etymology
The mending sense is from the 16th century, of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal English 'dern' ('to hide, mend'); the interjection is a euphemistic alteration of 'damn'.

## AI Etymology
For darn, the mending sense is from the 16th century, of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal English 'dern' ('to hide, mend'); the interjection is a euphemistic alteration of 'damn'. In present use as verb and interjection, it means "to mend a hole by interweaving thread; a mild oath", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Because the origin is uncertain, the safest account is descriptive: the attested senses can be explained, but the ultimate formation remains unresolved. Derived forms include darning, darned, and darner.

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