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Old English · prefix

steop-

Part of speech
prefix
IPA
/ˈste͜oːp/
Syllables
ˈste͜oːp (1 syllable)

Meaning

  1. deprived of a relative

  2. step-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Germanic *steupa- Proto-West Germanic *steupa- Old English steop- From Proto-West Germanic *steupa- (“bereft, pushed out”). Akin to Old Frisian stiap-, Old High German stiof- (German stief-), Old Norse stjup- (Swedish styv-), Middle Low German stef-, Dutch stief-, Old English āstīepan (“to bereave, orphan”), bestīepan (“to deprive of children”).

Descendants

step-

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