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Where does “coming” come from?

Coming comes from English come, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-, meaning to go or arrive, combined with the Old English participial suffix -ing.

coming (English): present participle of come; The act of arriving;...

Definitions

  1. present participle of come; The act of arriving;...

Ancestry of “coming”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcoming—

Words derived from “coming”

  • forthcoming
  • upcoming
  • oncoming
  • shortcoming
  • coaming
  • unforthcoming
  • outcoming
  • forthcomingness
  • forthcomingly
  • offcoming
  • unforthcomingly
  • gaincoming
  • intercoming
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