starter (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[starter 词源字典]
c. 1400, stertour "instigator; one who starts," agent noun from start (v.). Mechanical sense is from 1875. For starters "to begin with" is 1873, American English colloquial. Starter home is from 1976; starter set is from 1946, originally of china.[starter etymology, starter origin, 英语词源]