stepbairn

English

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Etymology

From Middle English stepbarn, steopbern, steopbearne, from Old English stēopbearn (“stepchild”), from Proto-Germanic *steupabarną (“stepchild”), equivalent to step- +‎ bairn. Cognate with Old High German stiofbarn (“stepchild”), Danish stedbarn (“stepchild”), Swedish styvbarn (“stepchild”), Icelandic stjúpbarn (“stepchild”).

Noun

stepbairn (plural stepbairns)

  1. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) A stepchild.

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