Where does “welcome” come from?

Welcome derives from Middle English welcome, from Old English wilcuma, from Proto-Germanic wiljakumô, blending Old English cuman from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- with Proto-Indo-European welh₁-.

welcome (English): Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with...

Definitions

  1. Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with...

Ancestry of “welcome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwelcomewelcome
2Old Englishwilcumawelcome
3Proto-Germanicwiljakumôwelcome; welcome!
4Proto-Germanicwiljanąto want
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwélyoyt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwélyeti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁-to choose; to want

Words derived from “welcome”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wélyeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wélyoyt →