stepson C2+ Topic:Family & Relationships US /ˈstɛpˌsʌn/ UK /ˈstɛpˌsʌn/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a son of one's spouse by a former partner He coached his stepson's soccer team every Saturday. Thesaurus Word family Related forms stepdaughterstepchildstepfatherson Etymology AI details From Old English 'stēopsunu', a compound of 'stēop-' (by remarriage) and 'sunu' (son). stēop- Old English sunu Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Family & Relationships External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # stepson **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈstɛpˌsʌn/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈstɛpˌsʌn/ ## Meanings 1. a son of one's spouse by a former partner ## Examples - He coached his stepson's soccer team every Saturday. ## Related Forms - stepdaughter - stepchild - stepfather - son ## Roots and Affixes - Root: stēop- - Root: sunu ## Etymology From Old English 'stēopsunu', a compound of 'stēop-' (by remarriage) and 'sunu' (son). ## AI Etymology Stepson is from Old English 'stēopsunu', a compound of 'stēop-' (by remarriage) and 'sunu' (son). Important recorded forms include stēop- (Old English) and sunu (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 son of one's spouse by a former partner. The wider family includes related words such as stepdaughter, stepchild, stepfather, and son. ## Topics - Family & Relationships markdown