stepfader
Middle English
Alternative forms
- stepfeder, steffader, stifadre, stifader, steffadyre
Etymology
From Old English stēopfæder, from Proto-Germanic *steupafadēr; equivalent to step- + fader.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɛpˌfadər/, /ˈstɛpˌfaːdər/, /ˈstɛ-/
Noun
stepfader (plural stepfadres)
- stepfather (husband of one's mother)
Descendants
- English: stepfather
- Scots: stepfaither
References
- “step-fā̆der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.