stepbairn
English
Alternative forms
- stepbarn
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)
- (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) A stepchild.
Anagrams
- breastpin