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Where does “to-come” come from?

to-come (Middle English) comes from Old English tōcyme — a coming, an arrival, an approach, an advent;...

Ancestry of “to-come”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtōcymea coming, an arrival, an approach, an advent;...
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