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step
What does step mean?
step (noun): an advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce step?
/stɛp/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does step come from?
From Middle English steppen, from Old English steppan (“to step, go, proceed, advance”), stepe (“step”), from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan, from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną (“to step”), *stapiz (“step”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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