Where does “stepfather” come from?
Stepfather comes from Middle English stepfader, from Old English stēopfæder, from Proto-Germanic steupafadēr, a compound of uncertain ultimate origin.
stepfather (English): The husband of one's biological mother, other...
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- The husband of one's biological mother, other...
Ancestry of “stepfather”, step by step
Words derived from “stepfather”