Etymology

stepuncle

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Today it means: The brother of one's mother's husband (stepfather) or father's wife (stepmother). Full definition →

English uncle ← Middle English uncle ← Old French uncle
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The story

  1. Englishstep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwh₂os
  3. Latinavunculus
  4. Old Frenchuncle
  5. Middle Englishuncle
  6. Englishuncle
  7. English todaystepuncle

From step- + uncle.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.