stepdaughter
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English stepdoughter, stepdoghter, steopdohter, from Old English stēopdohtor (“stepdaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *steupaduhtēr (“stepdaughter”), equivalent to step- + daughter.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifdochter (“stepdaughter”), West Frisian styfdochter (“stepdaughter”), Dutch stiefdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Low German Steevdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Stieftochter (“stepdaughter”), Danish steddatter (“stepdaughter”), Swedish styvdotter (“stepdaughter”), Icelandic stjúpdóttir (“stepdaughter”).
PronunciationEdit
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: step‧daugh‧ter
NounEdit
stepdaughter (plural stepdaughters)
HypernymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
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