stepson
English
/ˈstɛpsʌn/
noun
Definitions
- The son of one's spouse, but not one's own child.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stepsone inherited from Old English stēopsunu (stepson) inherited from Proto-Germanic *steupasunuz (stepson) prefix from English son.
Origin
English
son
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- godson English
- grandson English
- son English
- son-in-law English
- son-out-law English
- sonfucker English
- sonhood English
- sonless English
- sonlike English
- sonling English
- sonly English
- sonness English
- sonnish English
- sonny English
- sonship English
- whoreson English
- Sohn German
- Stiefsohn German
- stiefzoon Dutch, Flemish
- zoon Dutch, Flemish
- *steupasunuz Proto-Germanic
- son Swedish
- styvson Swedish
- steopsunu Old English
- stēopsunu Old English
- sonn Middle English
- stepsone Middle English
- sonur Icelandic
- stjúpsonur Icelandic