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Etymology 1

From Middle English stert, from the verb sterten (“to start, startle”). See below.

Noun

start (plural starts)

1. The beginning of an activity.
2. A sudden involuntary movement.
3. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
4. An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.
5. (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
6. An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.

Etymology 2

From Middle English sterten (“to leap up suddenly, rush out”), from Old English styrtan (“to leap up, start”), from Proto-Germanic *sturtijan? (“to startle, move, set in motion”), causative of *stirtan? (“to leap, tumble”), from Proto-Indo-European *stere-, *str?- (“to be strong, steady, rigid, fixed”). Cognate with Old Frisian stirta (“to fall down, tumble”), Middle Dutch sterten (“to rush, fall, collapse”) (Dutch storten), Old High German sturzen (“to hurl, plunge, turn upside down”) (German stürzen), Old High German sterzan (“to be stiff, protrude”). More at stare.

Verb

start (third-person singular simple present starts, present participle starting, simple past and past participle started)

1. (transitive) To begin, commence, initiate.
   1. To set in motion.
   2. To begin.
   3. To initiate operation of a vehicle or machine.
   4. To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
   5. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
2. (intransitive) To begin an activity.
3. (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
4. To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
   1. (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.
   2. (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
   3. (transitive) To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
   4. (transitive) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
5. (intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
6. (transitive, sports) To put into play.
7. (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
8. (intransitive, euphemistic) To start one's periods (menstruation).

Etymology 3

Noun

start (plural starts)

1. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
2. A handle, especially that of a plough.
3. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
4. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

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