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The original term 'ahead-start' referred to a participant being allowed to begin a race in front of other competitors as part of a planned advantage.

The modern idiom 'headstart' arose as the 'a' in 'ahead-start' became confused as a pronoun, which was subsequently dropped. This is where headstart came from.

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