downcome
English
noun
Definitions
- A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
- In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
- A downpour of rain.
Etymology
Prefix from English come (comer, arrival).
Origin
English
come
Gloss
comer, arrival
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftercome English
- ancome English
- become English
- come English
- come in English
- come through English
- comeback English
- comedown English
- comeling English
- comeover English
- comer English
- comest English
- cometh English
- coming English
- commeth English
- forecome English
- forthcome English
- fulcome English
- income English
- intercome English
- miscome English
- newcome English
- offcome English
- oncome English
- outcome English
- overcome English
- precome English
- to-come English
- tocome English
- undercome English
- upcome English
- welcome English
- comen Middle English
- kam Tok Pisin