STEP-


Meaning of STEP- in English

a prefix denoting connection between members of a family by the remarriage of a parent and not by blood: stepbrother.

[ ME; OE steop-; c. G stief-, ON stjup- step-; akin to OE astepan to bereave, bestepan to deprive (of children) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .