steop-
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Middle English[edit]
Prefix[edit]
steop-
- Alternative form of step-
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
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.
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Descendants[edit]
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- Middle English lemmas
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Old English lemmas
- Old English prefixes