stepdaughter
STEP-daw-tur/ˈstɛpˌdɔtɚ/UKSTEP-daw-tuh/ˈstɛpˌdɔːtə/
Pluralstepdaughters
- 1A daughter of one's spouse from an earlier marriage or relationship, not biologically one's own child.
She legally adopted her stepdaughter after marrying the girl's father.
Both stepdaughters from his second marriage attended the reunion.
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Origin
From Middle English stepdoughter, from Old English stēopdohtor, from Proto-Germanic *steupaduhtēr, equivalent to step- plus daughter. It is related to Dutch stiefdochter, German Stieftochter, and Swedish styvdotter.