step

step · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic*stapiz
2. Proto-Germanic*stappōnąbf.
3. Proto-Germanic*stapjaną
4. Proto-West Germanic*stappjan
5. Old Englishstæppan
6. Middle Englishsteppen
7. English todaystep

From Middle English steppen, from Old English steppan (“to step, go, proceed, advance”), stepe (“step”), from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan, from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną (“to step”), *stapiz (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to support, stomp, curse, be amazed”). Cognate with West Frisian stappe (“to step”), North Frisian stape (“to walk, trudge”), Dutch stappen (“to step, walk”), Walloon steper (“to walk away, leave”), German stapfen (“to trudge, stomp, plod”) and further to Slavic Polish stąpać (“to stomp, stamp, step, tread”), Russian ступать (stupatʹ) and Polish stopień (“step, stair, rung, degree”), Russian степень (stepenʹ). Related to stamp, stomp.

step · noun²

1. Englishstepchildclip.
2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tew-
3. Proto-Germanic*steupa-
4. Proto-West Germanic*steupa-
5. Old Englishstēop-
6. Middle Englishstep-
7. Englishstep-
8. Englishsibling
9. Englishstepsiblingclip.
10. English todaystep

Clipping of stepchild and stepsibling.

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