English
stepsize
From step + size.
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
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
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Old French asseoir ‘to sit down’
Old French assise ‘assize’
Old French cise
Middle English syse ‘regulation, control, limit’
English size
Today it means
noun The size of a step.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stepsize”. 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.
Etymograph / stepsize