self-starting
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Energetic and resourceful.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English starting English self-starting From self- + starting.