Meanings
plural stepdaughters · alternative step-daughter
- The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
Shannon Spann had an infant, Jake, to care for and two stepdaughters to suddenly raise by herself.
2013 September 8, Wayne Darsh, “A child of war, with a sense of purpose”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Jul 20251 more example
ICE agents then took his stepdaughter in to get her prints, Edward said, and neither returned. The pair were initially transported to a Rio Grande detention facility, before being transferred to Dilley.
2026 March 24, Dan Gooding, “ICE Detains Canadian Mom with 7-Year-Old Autistic Daughter”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2026
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*steupaduhtēr“stepdaughter”
- Old Englishstēopdohtor“stepdaughter”
- Middle Englishstepdoughter
- Englishstepdaughter
From Middle English stepdoughter, stepdoghter, steopdohter, from Old English stēopdohtor (“stepdaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *steupaduhtēr (“stepdaughter”), equivalent to step- + daughter. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifdochter (“stepdaughter”), West Frisian styfdochter (“stepdaughter”), Dutch stiefdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Low German Steevdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Stieftochter (“stepdaughter”), Danish steddatter (“stepdaughter”), Swedish styvdotter (“stepdaughter”), Icelandic stjúpdóttir (“stepdaughter”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رَبِيبَة
- رَبِيبَة (rabība)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Bengali সৎমেয়ে
- সৎমেয়ে (śotmeẏe)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Bulgarian дове́дена дъщеря́, зава́рена дъщеря́
- дове́дена дъщеря́ (dovédena dăšterjá)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- зава́рена дъщеря́ (zavárena dăšterjá)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Catalan fillastra
- fillastradaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Chinese Mandarin 繼女 /继女
- 繼女 /继女 (jìnǚ)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Czech nevlastní dcera, pastorkyně
- nevlastní dceradaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- pastorkynědaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Danish steddatter
- steddatterdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Dutch stiefdochter
- stiefdochterdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Esperanto vicfilino, duonfilino
- vicfilinodaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- duonfilinodaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Finnish tytärpuoli
- tytärpuolidaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
French belle-fille, fillâtre
- belle-filledaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- fillâtredaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
German Stieftochter
- Stieftochterdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Greek προγονή
- προγονή (progoní)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Hungarian mostohalány
- mostohalánydaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Icelandic stjúpdóttir
- stjúpdóttirdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Irish leasiníon
- leasiníondaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Italian figliastra
- figliastradaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Japanese 継娘
- 継娘 (mamamusume)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Korean 의붓딸
- 의붓딸 (uibutttal)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Latin prīvigna, filiastra
- prīvignadaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- filiastradaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Latvian pameita
- pameitadaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Māori tamāhine whakaangi, hine whakaangi
- tamāhine whakaangidaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- hine whakaangidaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- tamāhine kēdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Norwegian Bokmål stedatter
- stedatterdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Persian دختندر
- دختندر (doxtandar)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Polish pasierbica
- pasierbicadaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Portuguese enteada
- enteadadaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Romanian fiică vitregă
- fiică vitregădaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Russian па́дчерица, приёмная до́чь
- па́дчерица (pádčerica)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- приёмная до́чь (prijómnaja dóčʹ)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Scottish Gaelic leas-nighean
- leas-nigheandaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Spanish hijastra
- hijastradaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Swedish styvdotter, plastdotter
- styvdotterdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- plastdotterdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- låtsasdotterdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- bonusdotterdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Turkish üvey kız
- üvey kızdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Ukrainian па́дчерка, па́сербиця
- па́дчерка (pádčerka)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
- па́сербиця (páserbycja)daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Vietnamese con gái riêng
- con gái riêngdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Welsh llysferch
- llysferchdaughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
Cite this entry
stepdaughter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepdaughter
“stepdaughter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepdaughter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stepdaughter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepdaughter.
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