How to Spell starve
starve
starve - verb
- To perish from lack of food
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
Etymology
Middle English {it}sterven{/it} to die, starve, from Old English {it}steorfan{/it} to die; akin to Old High German {it}sterban{/it} to die, and probably to Lithuanian {it}starinti{/it} to stiffen {ma}{mat|stare|}{/ma}