stepdaughter C2+ Topic:Family & Relationships Also spelled step-daughter US /ˈstɛpˌdɔtɚ/ UK /ˈstɛpˌdɔːtə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a daughter of one's spouse by a former partner He walked his stepdaughter down the aisle at her wedding. Thesaurus Word family Related forms stepsonstepchildstepmotherdaughter Etymology AI details From Old English 'stēopdohtor', a compound of 'stēop-' (by remarriage) and 'dohtor' (daughter). stēop- Old English dohtor Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Family & Relationships Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # stepdaughter **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈstɛpˌdɔtɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈstɛpˌdɔːtə/ ## Meanings 1. a daughter of one's spouse by a former partner ## Examples - He walked his stepdaughter down the aisle at her wedding. ## Related Forms - stepson - stepchild - stepmother - daughter ## Roots and Affixes - Root: stēop- - Root: dohtor ## Etymology From Old English 'stēopdohtor', a compound of 'stēop-' (by remarriage) and 'dohtor' (daughter). ## AI Etymology Stepdaughter is from Old English 'stēopdohtor', a compound of 'stēop-' (by remarriage) and 'dohtor' (daughter). Important recorded forms include stēop- (Old English) and dohtor (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a daughter of one's spouse by a former partner. The wider family includes related words such as stepson, stepchild, stepmother, and daughter. ## Topics - Family & Relationships - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown