Where does “stepmother” come from?
Stepmother comes from Middle English stepmoder, from Old English stēopmōdor, from Proto-Germanic steupamōdēr, a compound meaning a mother by marriage rather than by birth.
stepmother (English): The wife of one's biological father, other than...
Definitions
- The wife of one's biological father, other than...
Ancestry of “stepmother”, step by step
Words derived from “stepmother”