mostoha

Hungarian

adj
Definitions
  • step- parent, child, or sibling
  • (by extension) hostile, harsh, cruel, adverse (circumstances), hard (fate), ill (luck)

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian ма́щеха (stepmother) derived from Proto-Slavic *maťexa.

Origin

Proto-Slavic

*maťexa

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