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Where does “comen” come from?

comen (English) comes from Middle English comen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic kweman, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

comen (English): alternative past participle of come

Definitions

  1. alternative past participle of come

Ancestry of “comen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcomento come
2Old Englishcumanto come
3Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
4Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step
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