stepdaughter
Plural: stepdaughters
Noun
- a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage
- The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English stepdoughter, stepdoghter, steopdohter, from Old English stēopdohtor (“stepdaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *steupaduhtēr (“stepdaughter”), equivalent to step- + daughter.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifdochter (“stepdaughter”), West Frisian styfdochter (“stepdaughter”), Dutch stiefdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Low German Steevdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Stieftochter (“stepdaughter”), Danish steddatter (“stepdaughter”), Swedish styvdotter (“stepdaughter”), Icelandic stjúpdóttir (“stepdaughter”).
Scrabble Score: 19
stepdaughter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstepdaughter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stepdaughter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 21
stepdaughter: valid Words With Friends Word