stæpmælum

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stapimālum. Cognate with Old High German stapfmālum. Equivalent to stæpe +‎ -mǣlum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstæpˌmæː.lum/

Adverb

stæpmǣlum

step by step; gradually, by degrees

Descendants

Middle English: *stapmele, *stepemele
- English: stepmeal

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stæpmǽlum”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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