steop-
Middle English edit
Prefix edit
steop-
- Alternative form of step-
Old English edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *steupa- (“bereft, pushed out”).
Akin to Old Frisian stiap-, Old High German stiof- (German stief-), Old Norse stjup- (Swedish styv-), Middle Low German stef-, Dutch stief-, Old English āstīepan (“to bereave, orphan”), bestīepan (“to deprive of children”).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
stēop-
Usage notes edit
- Originally used with children to denote loss of a parent; later extended to adoptive parents.
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