Etymology of the English word stepfather
the English word
stepfatherderived from the English word
fatherusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the English word
fadederived from the Old French word
faderderived from the Old French word
fadederived from the Vulgar Latin word
fatidusderived from the Latin word
fatuus (fool; foolish, silly; idiotic)
using the Proto-Indo-European prefix
pəter- (father)
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*faderusing the English prefix
step-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*steupa-Usage
Word found in Modern English
