step

• n.ステップ、足踏み；ステップ；ストライド；はしご
• vi. 踏み出す、踏みしめる、行く
• vt. 行く、踏み出す

古英語のsteppan, 歩く, 進む, から, 原語ゲルマン語の *stapjana, 歩く, から, *stapiz, 足踏み, から, PIE *stebh, 支える, 踏む, から, 語源的にはstamp, stumpと同じ.

step

step: [OE] Step, together with its relatives German stapfen and Dutch steppen, comes from a prehistoric West Germanic base *stap- ‘tread’ (a nasalized version of which produced English stamp). (Russian step, source of English steppe [17], is not related.) The prefix step- [OE], as in stepdaughter, stepfather, etc, originated in a word meaning ‘orphan’. It is related to Old High German stiufen ‘bereave’.
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step (v.)

Old English steppan (Anglian), st?ppan (West Saxon) "take a step," from West Germanic *stap- "tread" (cognates: Old Frisian stapa, Middle Dutch, Dutch stappen, Old High German stapfon, German stapfen "step"), from PIE root *stebh- "post, stem; to support, place firmly on" (see staff (n.); cognates: Old Church Slavonic stopa "step, pace," stepeni "step, degree"). The notion is perhaps "a treading firmly on; a foothold."

Transitive sense (as in step foot in) attested from 1530s. Related: Stepped; stepping. Originally strong (past tense stop, past participle bestapen); weak forms emerged 13c., universal from 16c. To step out "leave for a short time" is from 1530s; meaning "to go out in public in style" is from 1907. Step on it "hurry up" is 1923, from notion of gas pedal.

step (n.)

Old English steppa (Mercian), st?pe, stepe (West Saxon) "stair, act of stepping," from the source of step (v.). Compare Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch stap, Old High German stapfo, German Stapfe "footstep"). From late Old English as "degree on a scale." Figurative meaning "action which leads toward a result" is recorded from 1540s. In dancing, from 1670s. Meaning "type of military pace" is from 1798. Warning phrase watch your step is attested from 1911. Step by step indicating steady progression is from 1580s. To follow in (someone's) steps is from mid-13c.

1. If no agreement was reached，the army would step in.

合意に至らなければ、軍が介入する。

2.A little girl was sitting on the step of the end house.

一番上の家の前のプラットフォームに女の子が座っている。

3.The government took another step on the road to political reform.

政府は政治改革の実現にまた一歩前進した。

4.This is an important step toward lower interest rates.

低金利への重要な一歩です。

5.We need a push to take the first step .

最初の一歩を踏み出すには、少し励ましが必要です。