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Where does “stepfatherly” come from?

stepfatherly (English) comes from English stepfather, from Middle English stepfader, from Old English stēopfæder, from Proto-Germanic steupafadēr — stepfather.

stepfatherly (English): Like or befitting a stepfather

Definitions

  1. Like or befitting a stepfather

Ancestry of “stepfatherly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstepfatherThe husband of one's biological mother, other...
2Middle Englishstepfader—
3Old Englishstēopfæder—
4Proto-Germanicsteupafadērstepfather
Every word from Proto-Germanic steupafadēr →