Stepford

Stepford · proper noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic*stapiz
2. Proto-Germanic*stappōnąbf.
3. Proto-Germanic*stapjaną
4. Proto-West Germanic*stappjan
5. Old Englishstæppan
6. Middle Englishsteppen
7. Englishstep
8. Proto-Indo-European*per-
9. Proto-Indo-European*pértus
10. Proto-Germanic*furduz
11. Proto-West Germanic*furdu
12. Old Englishford
13. Englishford
14. English todayStepford

From step + ford.

Stepford · adjective²

From the fictional place name Stepford. After the fictional suburb in the 1972 novel The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, and in two films of the same name based on the novel.