English
starter
From start + -er.
A compound of start + -er
Proto-West Germanic *sturtijan ‘to fall down, tumble’
Old English styrtan ‘to leap up, start’
Middle English sterten ‘to leap up suddenly, rush out’
English start
Today it means
noun Someone who starts, or who starts something.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “starter”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / starter