stepbairn
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Etymology
From Middle English stepbarn, steopbern, steopbearne, from Old English stēopbearn (“stepchild”), from Proto-Germanic *steupabarną (“stepchild”), equivalent to step- + bairn. Cognate with Old High German stiofbarn (“stepchild”), Danish stedbarn (“stepchild”), Swedish styvbarn (“stepchild”), Icelandic stjúpbarn (“stepchild”).
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