Meanings
plural stepsons · alternative step-son
- The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office detained an adult stepson who broke into his parents’ home and was involved in a standoff with deputies in Orangevale.
2026 January 1, Emma Kidger, “Orangevale home invasion: Stepson in standoff with sheriff’s office”, in KTXL, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2026
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*steupasunuz“stepson”
- Old Englishstēopsunu“stepson”
- Middle Englishstepsone
- Englishstepson
From Middle English stepsone, stepsune, from Old English stēopsunu (“stepson”), from Proto-Germanic *steupasunuz (“stepson”), equivalent to step- + son. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifsuun (“stepson”), West Frisian styfsoan (“stepson”), Dutch stiefzoon (“stepson”), German Low German Steevsöhn (“stepson”), German Stiefsohn (“stepson”), Danish stedsøn (“stepson”), Swedish styvson (“stepson”), Icelandic stjúpsonur (“stepson”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رَبِيب
- رَبِيب (rabīb)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
Bulgarian дове́ден син, зава́рен син
- дове́ден син (dovéden sin)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
- зава́рен син (zaváren sin)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
Catalan fillastre
- fillastreson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Chinese Mandarin 繼 /继, 繼子 /继子
- 繼 /继 (jì)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
- 繼子 /继子 (jìzǐ)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
Czech nevlastní syn
- nevlastní synson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Danish stedsøn
- stedsønson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Dutch stiefzoon
- stiefzoonson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Esperanto vicfilo, duonfilo
- vicfiloson of one's spouse and not of oneself
- duonfiloson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Finnish poikapuoli
- poikapuolison of one's spouse and not of oneself
French beau-fils, fillâtre
- beau-filsson of one's spouse and not of oneself
- fillâtreson of one's spouse and not of oneself
- filsâtreson of one's spouse and not of oneself
German Stiefsohn
- Stiefsohnson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Greek προγονός
- προγονός (progonós)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
Hungarian mostohafiú
- mostohafiúson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Icelandic stjúpsonur
- stjúpsonurson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Irish leasmhac
- leasmhacson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Italian figliastro
- figliastroson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Japanese 継息子
- 継息子 (mamamusuko)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
Latin prīvignus, filiaster
- prīvignusson of one's spouse and not of oneself
- filiasterson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Latvian audžu dēls, padēls
- audžu dēlsson of one's spouse and not of oneself
- padēlsson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Māori tama whakaangi, tamatāne whakaangi
- tama whakaangison of one's spouse and not of oneself
- tamatāne whakaangison of one's spouse and not of oneself
- tama kēson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Norwegian Bokmål stesønn
- stesønnson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Persian پسندر
- پسندر (pesandar)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
Polish pasierb
- pasierbson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Portuguese enteado
- enteadoson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Romanian fiu vitreg
- fiu vitregson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Russian па́сынок, приёмный сын
- па́сынок (pásynok)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
- приёмный сын (prijómnyj syn)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
Scottish Gaelic leas-mhac, mac-cèile
- leas-mhacson of one's spouse and not of oneself
- mac-cèileson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Slovak nevlastný syn
- nevlastný synson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Spanish hijastro
- hijastroson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Swedish styvson, bonusson
- styvsonson of one's spouse and not of oneself
- bonussonson of one's spouse and not of oneself
- plastsonson of one's spouse and not of oneself
- låtsassonson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Turkish üvey oğul
- üvey oğulson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Ukrainian па́синок, па́серб
- па́синок (pásynok)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
- па́серб (páserb)son of one's spouse and not of oneself
Vietnamese con trai riêng
- con trai riêngson of one's spouse and not of oneself
Welsh llysfab
- llysfabson of one's spouse and not of oneself
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Cite this entry
stepson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepson
“stepson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepson. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stepson,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepson.
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