step-

Signification (Anglais)

A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.

Concepts

beau-

belle-

bel-

Synonymes

foster

Traductions

-astre

stief-

-astro

-astra

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: step-

Hérité de ancien anglais: stēop-

Appartenant à écossais: step-

Appartenant à frison occidental: stiep-

Appartenant à néerlandais: stief-

Appartenant à bas-allemand: steef-

Appartenant à allemand: stief-

Appartenant à suédois: styv-

Appartenant à islandais: stjúp-

Appartenant à ancien anglais: stīepan

In summary

From Middle English step-, from Old English stēop- (“deprived of a relative, step-”, prefix), from Proto-West Germanic *steupa-, from Proto-Germanic *steupa- (“orphaned, step-”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push, strike”).
Cognate with Scots step- (“step-”), West Frisian stiep- (“step-”), Dutch stief- (“step-”), Low German steef- (“step-”), German stief- (“step-”), Swedish styv- (“step-”), Icelandic stjúp- (“step-”). Related to Old English stīepan (“to deprive, bereave”). Not, however, related to the familiar English noun or verb step.