step-的词源

英文词源

step-

Old English steop-, with connotations of "loss," in combinations like steopcild "orphan," related to astiepan, bestiepan "to bereave, to deprive of parents or children," from Proto-Germanic *steupa- "bereft" (cognates: Old Frisian stiap-, Old Norse stjup-, Swedish styv-, Middle Low German stef-, Dutch stief-, Old High German stiof-, German stief-), literally "pushed out," from PIE *steup-, from root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock," with derivatives referring to fragments (see steep (adj.)). Barnhart suggests the forms in -f- are by assimilation of the first sound in following words for "father."

Etymologically, a stepfather or stepmother is one who becomes father or mother to an orphan, but the notion of orphanage faded in 20c. and came to denote simply relation through marriage. For sense evolution, compare Latin privignus "stepson," related to privus "deprived." Compare orphan (n.).

中文词源

step-：后

来自PIE *steup, 击，打，同单词type(字母s脱落）。原指被打， 被剥夺，失去。词义发生了微妙的变化，并最终发展为现在的词义。见stepfather, stepmother.

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：step- 词源，step- 含义。

step-：继

来自古英语 steop-,失去，剥夺，来自 Proto-Germanic*steupa,失去，剥夺，来自 PIE*steup,击， 打，扩大形式自*steu,推，敲，击，打，词源同 steep,type.现用于亲属关系指示前缀表继，过 继。比较古英语 steopcild,孤儿，即失去了父母的孩子，现代英语 stepchild,继子，继女。