step-
step-
Definition
step- (step)
related through the remarriage of a parent stepchild, stepparent
Etymology: ME < OE steop-, orphaned (akin to Ger stief-, ON stjup-) < base of stiepan, to bereave, prob. < IE *(s)teub-, to strike (hence “cut off”) > stump, steep: orig. used of orphaned children
Browse dictionary entries near step-
- step on it
- step-lock option
- step-index fiber
- step-in
- step-down
- step dance
- step by step
- step
- stentorian
- Stentor
- step-up
- step-up notes
- stepbrother
- stepchild
- stepdaughter
- stepfamily
- stepfather
- Stepford
- Stephanie
- stephanotis
