steppen
Middle English
/ˈstɛpən/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To step; to place one's foot down.
- (ambitransitive) To step onto; to lift one's foot onto a higher place.
- (ambitransitive) To go; to walk or move:
Etymology
Inherited from Old English stæppan inherited from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną (step).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*stapjaną
Gloss
step
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurostep English
- backstep English
- bestep English
- between-step English
- bootstep English
- catstep English
- clownstep English
- corbiestep English
- counterstep English
- crowstep English
- doorstep English
- downstep English
- eigenstep English
- footstep English
- forestep English
- hardstep English
- interstep English
- kick-step English
- lockstep English
- macrostep English
- metastep English
- microstep English
- midstep English
- misstep English
- multistep English
- outstep English
- overstep English
- pawstep English
- quickstep English
- sidestep English
- smoothstep English
- stairstep English
- step English
- step dance English
- step stool English
- step-free English
- stepback English
- stepchair English
- stepdancer English
- stepdown English
- steplength English
- stepless English
- steplike English
- steply English
- stepmeal English
- stepover English
- steppable English
- steppage English
- stepper English
- steppest English
- steppeth English
- stepping English
- stepside English
- stepsize English
- stepstone English
- stepstool English
- stepwell English
- stepwise English
- stepwork English
- substep English
- techstep English
- timestep English
- understep English
- unstep English
- upstep English
- step Dutch, Flemish
- *stab- Proto-Indo-European
- *stapjaną Proto-Germanic
- besteppan Old English
- foresteppan Old English
- ofersteppan Old English
- steppan Old English
- stæppan Old English
- stap Middle English
- steppyng Middle English
- step Indonesian
- *stappen Old Dutch