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step-

prefix
/stɛp-/US

Etymology

From Middle English step-, from Old English stēop- (“deprived of a relative, step-”, prefix), from Proto-West Germanic *steupa-, from Proto-Germanic *steupa- (“orphaned, step-”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push, strike”). Cognate with Scots step- (“step-”), West Frisian stiep- (“step-”), Dutch stief- (“step-”), Low German steef- (“step-”), German stief- (“step-”), Swedish styv- (“step-”), Icelandic stjúp- (“step-”). Related to Old English stīepan (“to deprive, bereave”). Not, however, related to the familiar English noun or verb step.

  1. derived from *(s)tewp-✻
  2. inherited from *steupa-✻
  3. inherited from *steupa-✻
  4. inherited from stēop-
  5. inherited from step-

Definitions

  1. A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth,…

    A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA