Etymology

tostart

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Today it means: To spring or fly apart; burst. Full definition →

Middle English tosterten
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromtosterten
  2. English todaytostart

From Middle English tosterten, equivalent to to- (“apart”) + start.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.