stepmother
English
/ˈstɛpmʌðə/
noun
Definitions
- The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
- (botany) A viola, especially Viola tricolor, heartsease.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stepmoder inherited from Old English stēopmōdor inherited from Proto-Germanic *steupamōdēr (stepmother) prefix from English mother (fermented culture).
Origin
English
mother
Gloss
fermented culture
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allomother English
- antimother English
- babymother English
- beemother English
- biomother English
- birthmother English
- co-mother English
- den mother English
- eldermother English
- eldmother English
- foremother English
- godmother English
- grandmother English
- housemother English
- mermother English
- mismother English
- mother English
- mother-in-law English
- mother-out-law English
- mother-to-be English
- motherboard English
- motherchucker English
- mothercraft English
- motherdom English
- mothered English
- motherer English
- motherese English
- motherfather English
- motherfouler English
- motherfucker English
- motherfucking English
- motherful English
- motherhood English
- motherhouse English
- motherhumper English
- motherish English
- motherism English
- motherist English
- motherkin English
- motherkins English
- motherland English
- motherless English
- motherlike English
- motherling English
- motherlove English
- motherlover English
- motherloving English
- motherly English
- motherment English
- motherness English
- motherwort English
- mothery English
- nonmother English
- othermother English
- overmother English
- stepmotherhood English
- stepmotherly English
- unmother English
- Mutter German
- Stiefmutter German
- Stiefmütterchen German
- stiefmütterlich German
- moeder Dutch, Flemish
- stiefmoeder Dutch, Flemish
- *steupamōdēr Proto-Germanic
- mor Swedish
- styvmor Swedish
- steopmodor Old English
- stēopmōdor Old English
- moder Middle English
- stepmoder Middle English
- mor Danish
- stedmor Danish
- móðir Icelandic
- stjúpmóðir Icelandic
- motha Kriol
- mother
- mothery
- motherer
- unmother
- mothered
- motherly
- godmother
- beemother
- mismother
- nonmother
- motherist
- co-mother
- motherism
- motherdom
- motherish
- motherkin
- eldmother
- motherese
- mermother
- biomother
- motherful
- motherhood
- motherness
- motherwort
- motherling
- babymother
- antimother
- motherment
- foremother
- motherless
- motherland
- allomother
- motherkins
- motherlove
- den mother
- motherlike
- overmother
- housemother
- othermother
- motherlover
- mothercraft
- motherboard
- motherhouse
- grandmother
- birthmother
- eldermother
- motherloving
- stepmotherly
- motherfucker
- motherfather
- motherfouler
- motherhumper
- mother-to-be
- motherfucking
- motherchucker
- mother-in-law
- mother-out-law
- stepmotherhood