stepbarn

English

Noun

stepbarn (plural stepbarns)

(Northern England) Alternative form of stepbairn

Middle English

Alternative forms

steopbern, steopbearn (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English stēopbearn (“orphan”), from Proto-West Germanic *steupabarn, from Proto-Germanic *steupabarną; equivalent to step- +‎ barn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɛpˌbarn/

Noun

stepbarn

(rare) orphan

Descendants

English: stepbarn
Scots: stepbairn
- → English: stepbairn

References

“step-barn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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