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Where does “stepmoder” come from?

stepmoder (Middle English) comes from Old English stēopmōdor, from Proto-Germanic steupamōdēr — stepmother.

Ancestry of “stepmoder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstēopmōdor—
2Proto-Germanicsteupamōdērstepmother

Words derived from “stepmoder”

  • stepmother
  • stepmotherly
  • stepmotherhood
Every word from Proto-Germanic steupamōdēr →