stepchild
English
noun
Definitions
- The child of one's spouse but not one's own.
- (obsolete) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stepchild inherited from Old English stēopċild (stepchild) prefix from English child.
Origin
English
child
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antichild English
- belchild English
- birthchild English
- boychild English
- brainchild English
- child English
- child-free English
- child-great English
- child-in-law English
- childbearer English
- childbearing English
- childbed English
- childcare English
- childcarer English
- childcaring English
- childed English
- childfucker English
- childhood English
- childie English
- childing English
- childish English
- childism English
- childkind English
- childless English
- childlike English
- childline English
- childling English
- childlore English
- childly English
- childmind English
- childminder English
- childness English
- childproof English
- childraiser English
- childraising English
- childrearer English
- childrearing English
- children English
- childsafe English
- childship English
- childspeak English
- childtime English
- childwear English
- dreamchild English
- girlchild English
- grandchild English
- man child English
- manchild English
- merchild English
- moonchild English
- nonchild English
- saleschild English
- schoolchild English
- semichild English
- stepchildhood English
- superchild English
- twichild English
- unchild English
- womanchild English
- womb-child English
- wombchild English
- wonderchild English
- Kind German
- Stiefkind German
- kind Dutch, Flemish
- stiefkind Dutch, Flemish
- stēopċild Old English
- child Middle English
- stepchild Middle English
- stiefkint Middle Dutch
- child
- childly
- unchild
- childie
- childed
- boychild
- merchild
- childish
- childism
- children
- belchild
- childbed
- twichild
- manchild
- childing
- nonchild
- childlore
- childhood
- moonchild
- childwear
- childcare
- antichild
- childling
- childness
- childtime
- man child
- childkind
- childless
- childlike
- semichild
- girlchild
- wombchild
- childmind
- childship
- childsafe
- childline
- brainchild
- saleschild
- womb-child
- childcarer
- superchild
- childspeak
- dreamchild
- womanchild
- birthchild
- child-free
- grandchild
- childproof
- childrearer
- child-great
- childfucker
- childcaring
- childbearer
- wonderchild
- childraiser
- childminder
- schoolchild
- childbearing
- child-in-law
- childrearing
- childraising
- stepchildhood