stepson

C2+ Topic:Family & Relationships

US /ˈstɛpˌsʌn/ UK /ˈstɛpˌsʌn/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
a son of one's spouse by a former partner

He coached his stepson's soccer team every Saturday.

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Related forms stepdaughter stepchild stepfather son

Etymology

From Old English 'stēopsunu', a compound of 'stēop-' (by remarriage) and 'sunu' (son).

stēop- Old English sunu Old English

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# 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

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