stepbarn

English

Noun

stepbarn (plural stepbarns)

1. (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

1. (rare) orphan

Descendants

• English: stepbarn
• Scots: stepbairn
  • → English: stepbairn

References

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