tegemoetkomen (Dutch) comes from Dutch komen, from Middle Dutch cōmen, from Old Dutch cuman, from Proto-West Germanic kweman, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.
tegemoetkomen (Dutch): to approach, come to meet; to make concessions to
Definitions
to approach, come to meet; to make concessions to
Ancestry of “tegemoetkomen”, step by step
tegemoetkomen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.