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Where does “offcome” come from?

offcome (English) comes from English come, 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.

offcome (English): That which comes off or the act or process of...

Definitions

  1. That which comes off or the act or process of...

Ancestry of “offcome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcomeTo move from further away to nearer to; To...
2Middle Englishcomento come
3Old Englishcumanto come
4Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
5Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step
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