stæpmælum

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stapimālum. Cognate with Old High German stapfmālum. Equivalent to stæpe +‎ -mǣlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstæpˌmæː.lum/

Adverb

stæpmǣlum

1. step by step; gradually, by degrees

Descendants

• Middle English: *stapmele, *stepemele
  • English: stepmeal

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stæpmǽlum”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.