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Where does “stēopfæder” come from?

stēopfæder (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic steupafadēr — stepfather.

Ancestry of “stēopfæder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsteupafadērstepfather

Words derived from “stēopfæder”

  • stepfather
  • stepfatherhood
  • stepfatherly
  • ex-stepfather
  • stepfader
Every word from Proto-Germanic steupafadēr →