Or more simply:
awk '{print ">seq_" ++i "\n" $1}' your_file > output.fa
in Awk, the default value of a variable is 0 (no need to declare it). You just need to pre-increment it to start at 1.
Edit: one can also use the internal variable NR (number of records). It avoids the creation of an ad hoc variable i and should be slightly faster (not tested).
awk '{print ">seq_" NR "\n" $1}' your_file > output.fa
What have you tried? Also, try not to create tags simply by splitting sentences into words. "to" is not a useful tag.
Thanks for your suggestion.