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Where does “steopdohter” come from?

steopdohter (Middle English) comes from Old English stēopdohtor, from Proto-Germanic steupaduhtēr — stepdaughter.

Ancestry of “steopdohter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstēopdohtorstepdaughter
2Proto-Germanicsteupaduhtērstepdaughter

Words derived from “steopdohter”

  • stepdaughter
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