Etymology

stepping

step·ping
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Today it means: The act of taking a step. Full definition →

Middle English steppynge
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsteppynge
  2. English todaystepping

From Middle English steppynge; equivalent to step + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.