stepfather
English
noun
Definitions
- The husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father, especially following the divorce or death of the father.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stepfader inherited from Old English stēopfæder inherited from Proto-Germanic *steupafadēr (stepfather) prefix from English father.
Origin
English
father
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Church Father English
- allofather English
- babyfather English
- biofather English
- birthfather English
- co-father English
- elderfather English
- eldfather English
- ex-stepfather English
- father English
- father tongue English
- father-in-law English
- father-out-law English
- father-slayer English
- father-to-be English
- fatherdom English
- fathered English
- fatherer English
- fatherese English
- fatherfucker English
- fatherhood English
- fatherkin English
- fatherkins English
- fatherland English
- fatherless English
- fatherlike English
- fatherling English
- fatherly English
- fatherness English
- fathership English
- forefather English
- forthfather English
- godfather English
- grandfather English
- highfather English
- housefather English
- lorefather English
- merfather English
- motherfather English
- nonfather English
- shriftfather English
- stepfather-in-law English
- stepfatherhood English
- stepfatherly English
- unfather English
- Stiefvater German
- Vater German
- stiefväterlich German
- stiefvader Dutch, Flemish
- vader Dutch, Flemish
- *steupafadēr Proto-Germanic
- far Swedish
- styvfar Swedish
- steopfæder Old English
- stēopfæder Old English
- fader Middle English
- stepfader Middle English
- faðir Icelandic
- stjúpfaðir Icelandic
- bata Marshallese
- fada Nigerian Pidgin
- father
- fatherer
- fathered
- fatherly
- unfather
- merfather
- fatherkin
- fatherdom
- fatherese
- biofather
- eldfather
- nonfather
- co-father
- godfather
- fatherlike
- allofather
- highfather
- fatherland
- fathership
- fatherness
- babyfather
- fatherless
- lorefather
- fatherkins
- fatherling
- forefather
- fatherhood
- elderfather
- housefather
- forthfather
- grandfather
- birthfather
- father-to-be
- fatherfucker
- stepfatherly
- shriftfather
- motherfather
- ex-stepfather
- Church Father
- father-in-law
- father tongue
- father-slayer
- stepfatherhood
- father-out-law
- stepfather-in-law