Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗prefix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA 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.
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.
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- Root classification mention*(s)tewp-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionstep-enm
- Inherited-form mentionstēop-ang
- Inherited-form mention*steupa-gmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*steupa-gem-pro
- Derivation mention*(s)tewp-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionstep-sco
- Cognate mentionstiep-fy
- Cognate mentionstief-nl
- Cognate mentionsteef-nds
- Cognate mentionstief-de
- Cognate mentionstyv-sv
- Cognate mentionstjúp-is
- Cognate mentionstīepanang
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