stepbarn

English edit

Noun edit

stepbarn (plural stepbarns)

(Northern England) Alternative form of stepbairn

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

steopbern, steopbearn (Early Middle English)

Etymology edit

From Old English stēopbearn (“orphan”), from Proto-West Germanic *steupabarn, from Proto-Germanic *steupabarną; equivalent to step- +‎ barn.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈstɛpˌbarn/

Noun edit

stepbarn

(rare) orphan

Descendants edit

English: stepbarn
Scots: stepbairn
- → English: stepbairn

References edit

“step-barn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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