Restarted

How to spell restarted

9 letters · 3 syllables

How to pronounce restarted

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does restarted mean?

1. verbStarted something again after it had stopped or paused.

Restarted in a sentence

• The technician restarted the server after the update finished installing.

• After the rain delay, officials restarted the match an hour later.

Where does restarted come from?

Language of origin: Germanic

The core of this word is 'start', which comes from the Old English styrtan, meaning 'to leap up' or 'to move suddenly', a sense of sudden motion that survives today when we say something makes us 'start' with surprise. Over the centuries the meaning broadened from sudden movement to the idea of setting something going or beginning an activity, which is the dominant modern sense. The prefix re- is a Latin element meaning 'again' or 'back', borrowed into English through French and freely attached to native verbs, as here. Combining the Germanic root with the Latin prefix and the regular past-tense suffix -ed gives 'restarted', meaning 'began again'. The spelling is straightforward once you notice the doubled t belongs entirely to the root 'start', so no extra letters are added.

How the word is built

• re- (again)
• start (to begin or set in motion)
• -ed (past tense suffix)