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Where does “cumen” come from?

cumen (Old English) comes 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.

Ancestry of “cumen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cumen”

  • come
  • coming
  • outcome
  • forthcoming
  • upcoming
  • oncoming
  • comeback
  • shortcoming
  • comest
  • comen
  • commeth
  • comedown
  • coaming
  • unforthcoming
  • outcoming
  • precome
  • downcome
  • downcoming
  • comeover
  • forthcomingness
  • offcome
  • forthcomingly
  • aftercome
  • offcoming
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