different between stepdaughter vs stepbrother

English

Etymology

From Middle English stepdoughter, stepdoghter, steopdohter, from Old English st?opdohtor (“stepdaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *steupaduht?r (“stepdaughter”), equivalent to step- +? daughter.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifdochter (“stepdaughter”), West Frisian styfdochter (“stepdaughter”), Dutch stiefdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Low German Steevdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Stieftochter (“stepdaughter”), Danish steddatter (“stepdaughter”), Swedish styvdotter (“stepdaughter”), Icelandic stjúpdóttir (“stepdaughter”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: step?daugh?ter

Noun

stepdaughter (plural stepdaughters)

1. The daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself.

Hypernyms

• stepchild

Translations

See also

• Category:English words prefixed with step-

English

Alternative forms

• step-brother

Etymology

step- +? brother

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: step?broth?er

Noun

stepbrother (plural stepbrothers or (obsolete) stepbrethren)

1. The son of one's stepparent who is not the son of either of one's biological parents.
2. The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.

Synonyms

• stepbro

Hypernyms

• stepfamily
  • stepsibling
  • stepson

Related terms

• stepdaughter
• stepparent
• stepsister

Translations

Further reading

• Sibling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia