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come

/ˈkʌm/KUHM
/ˈkʌm/KUHM

Meaningto come

Common meaning: to move towards a place

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GA or GAM‘come, to go, walk, pro- ceed’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 86, p. 733 · scan
  2. Old Englishcuman‘he to come, go, happen’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishcumensource
  4. Englishcome‘to move towards a place’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English cuman ‘to come’.

Roots

  • cuman Old English “to come”

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