start-up (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[start-up 词源字典]
also startup, 1550s, "upstart," from verbal phrase (attested from c. 1200 in sense "rise up;" 1590s as "come suddenly into being"); see start (v.) + up (adv.). Meaning "action of starting up" is from 1845. See start (v.) + up (adv.).[start-up etymology, start-up origin, 英语词源]