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