stepchildren
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English stepchildren, stepchildre, remodelled based on child from Old English stēopċild (nominative/accusative), stēopċilda (genitive), and stēopċildum (dative) ("stepchildren"). Equivalent to step- + children.
Noun
[edit]stepchildren
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From stepchildre (“stepchildren”) with a pleonastic addition of the plural suffix -en.
Noun
[edit]stepchildren
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms prefixed with step-
- English non-lemma forms
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- English plurals in -children with singular in -child
- Middle English non-lemma forms
- Middle English noun forms
- Middle English terms suffixed with -en (noun plural)