Word: stepparenting
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: step
par
ent
ing
Definition: The role of a stepparent; the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
Morphemes:
Affix: step-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.
Affix: parent
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: parentem
Language: la
Decoded: parentem
PoS: Noun
Meaning: parent
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.