Where does “stepparent” come from?
Stepparent comes from Middle English step- combined with parent, which derives from Middle French parent, from Latin parens, the present participle of parere meaning to bring forth or bear.
stepparent (English): One's parent's spouse who is not one's biological...
Definitions
- One's parent's spouse who is not one's biological...
Ancestry of “stepparent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parent | One of the two persons from whom one is... |
| 2 | Middle French | parent | parent |
| 3 | Old French | parent | parent |
| 4 | Latin | parēns | parent, mother, father |
| 5 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |