Where does “startup” come from?
Startup combines English up with Middle English sterten, from Proto-Germanic ub and Proto-Indo-European (s)ter-, meaning to move abruptly or rise.
startup (English): The act or process of starting a process or...
Definitions
- The act or process of starting a process or...
Ancestry of “startup”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Start | A typical button for video games, originally used... |
| 2 | English | Stark | The language spoken in the Ender's Game series,... |
| 3 | German | stark | strong; great, brilliant, awesome |
| 4 | Middle High German | stark | — |
| 5 | Old High German | stark | strong |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | starkuz | stiff; rigid; strong |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sterkaną | to become stiff, stiffen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterg- | rigid, stiff; to love |
Words derived from “startup”