Word: stepfamily
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: step
fa
mi
ly
Definition: Any family having one or more stepchildren or stepparents.
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: family
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: familia
Language: la
Decoded: familia
Meaning: the servants in a household, domestics collectively