becomen

Middle Dutch

verb
Definitions
  • to catch up to, to reach
  • to recover, to come to
  • to grow up (mostly of plants)
  • to become
  • to happen, to befall
  • to please, to satisfy
  • to befit

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch bikuman inherited from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną (come by, come around, come across, come about) affix from Middle Dutch cōmen.

Origin

Middle Dutch

cōmen

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