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English

stepdown

Deverbal from step down.

A compound of step + down

Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- ‘to support’

Proto-Germanic *stapjaną ‘to step’

Proto-West Germanic *stappjan ‘to step’

Old English steppan ‘to step’

Middle English steppen ‘to step’

English step

Old English dūne ‘down’

Middle English doun

English down

Today it means

adj Used to decrease the secondary voltage relative to the primary voltage.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stepdown”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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