Come

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /kʌm/

Definitions

1. To approach or arrive at a place or state; to originate from a source or cause; to reach a point in time or condition
2. To advance toward a destination or condition; to result from or arise due to; to occur or happen at a moment
3. To move or travel toward a location or endpoint ; to have a beginning or source in a particular origin ; to achieve or enter into a specific moment or condition

Etymology: Among the most common verbs in English, "come" has an unusually deep ancestry: its Proto-Indo-European root, *gʷem-, meant "to step" or "to arrive," and the same root gave Latin "venio" ("to come") and Sanskrit "gam" ("to go, move"). The Greek word "víma," meaning a pace or step, comes from that same source, so a single ancient motion of the foot sits behind words as different as a Roman's arrival and a Greek's stride. The Germanic branch of that family produced the English form. Proto-Germanic "kwemaną" passed into Old English as "cuman," and by the Middle English period it had become "comen" or "cumen." Its many cousins across Germanic languages, from German "kommen" and Dutch "komen" to Swedish "komma" and Gothic "qiman," show how widely this verb was spread across northern Europe.

Synonyms: arrive, approach, appear, reach, advance

Antonyms: depart, leave, go, exit, withdraw