6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
verb cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
originEtymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Frankish *bautander.? Old French botebor. Middle English bote English boot English reboot From re- + boot.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0