also step-child, Old English steopcild; see step- + child (n.). Old English also had steopbearn. Similar formation in German Stiefkind.
stent
stentorian
step
step-
stepbrother
stepchild
step-dance
step-daughter
stepfather
Stephanie
Stephen
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