English

stepdaddy

From step- + daddy.

Formed from step- + daddy

Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push, strike’

Proto-Germanic *steupa- ‘orphaned, step-’

Proto-West Germanic *steupa-

English step-

English dad

English daddy

Today it means

noun stepfather

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