stepbairn

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Etymology

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From Middle English stepbarn (orphan), from Old English stēopbearn (orphan), from Proto-West Germanic *steupabarn, from Proto-Germanic *steupabarną (stepchild), equivalent to step- +‎ bairn. Cognate with Old High German stiofbarn (stepchild), Norwegian stebarn (stepchild) Danish stedbarn (stepchild), Swedish styvbarn (stepchild), Icelandic stjúpbarn (stepchild).

Noun

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stepbairn (plural stepbairns)

  1. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) A stepchild.

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