"step-" meaning in Middle English

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Prefix

IPA: /ˈstɛp-/
Etymology: From Old English stēop- (“deprived of a relative, step-”, prefix), from Proto-West Germanic *steupa-, from Proto-Germanic *steupa- (“orphaned, step-”). The short vowel is due to regular shortening of long vowels before consonant clusters in Early Middle English. All of the words that stēop- was prefixed to in Old English were consonant-initial, so shortening occurred exceptionlessly. Etymology templates: {{root|enm|ine-pro|*(s)tewp-}}, {{inh|enm|ang|stēop-||deprived of a relative, step-|pos=prefix}} Old English stēop- (“deprived of a relative, step-”, prefix), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*steupa-}} Proto-West Germanic *steupa-, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*steupa-||orphaned, step-}} Proto-Germanic *steupa- (“orphaned, step-”) Head templates: {{head|enm|prefix}} step-
  1. step- (related through the marriage of a parent) Tags: morpheme Synonyms: stip-, styp-, ste-, steppe-, stappe-, steop-
    Sense id: en-step--enm-prefix-opzE9x5H Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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