undercome
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To come under; experience or suffer the effects of; be affected by; undergo.
- (transitive) To submit; submit to; subvene
- (intransitive) To come through.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *undercomen inherited from Old English undercuman (assist, come under, submit) derived from Proto-Germanic *under (between, under) 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
- downcome 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
- upcome English
- welcome English
- inter Latin
- kommen German
- unterkommen German
- komen Dutch, Flemish
- onder Dutch, Flemish
- onderkomen Dutch, Flemish
- *nter- Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥dʰér Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥tér Proto-Indo-European
- *under Proto-Germanic
- under Old English
- under- Old English
- undercuman Old English
- underdōn Old English
- underfōn Old English
- understandan Old English
- *undercomen Middle English
- comen Middle English
- undir Old Norse
- ontre Galician
- untar Old High German
- 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- under Old Dutch
- undar Old Saxon
- undar- Old Saxon
- under Old Frisian
- kam Tok Pisin