welcome
English
/ˈwɛlkəm/
adj
Definitions
- Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
- Producing gladness.
- Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English welcome inherited from Old English wilcuma inherited from Proto-Germanic *wiljakumô (welcome, a comer, a welcomed guest, a wished-for guest) compound from English will (desire, wild, wandering, lost in error, stray) + 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
- bewelcome English
- bewill 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
- goodwill English
- ill will English
- ill-willed English
- income English
- intercome English
- miscome English
- newcome English
- nill English
- offcome English
- oncome English
- outcome English
- outwill English
- overcome English
- precome English
- self-will English
- to-come English
- tocome English
- undercome English
- unwelcome English
- unwelcomely English
- unwelcomeness English
- unwelcoming English
- unwill English
- upcome English
- welcomee English
- welcomely English
- welcomeness English
- welcomer English
- welcomest English
- welcometh English
- welcoming English
- welcomingly English
- welcomingness English
- wilful English
- will English
- will've English
- will-less English
- willable English
- willed English
- willer English
- willest English
- willeth English
- willless English
- willmaking English
- willn't English
- willnae English
- willpower English
- willy English
- wilsome English
- won't English
- *bene venutus Latin
- bewillkommnen German
- willkommen German
- welkom Dutch, Flemish
- bienvenu French
- *weljakwumô Proto-Germanic
- *wiljakumô Proto-Germanic
- *wiljakwumô Proto-Germanic
- cuma Old English
- wilcuma Old English
- willa Old English
- comen Middle English
- welcome Middle English
- welcomer Middle English
- willen Middle English
- velkomin Old Norse
- welcumer Old French
- ben Catalan, Valencian
- benvinguda Catalan, Valencian
- vinguda Catalan, Valencian
- velkomin Icelandic
- willechomen Old High German
- welkom Afrikaans
- vælkomin Faroese
- willekomen Middle High German
- wol chomne Alemannic German
- wolgcheemen Alemannic German
- woul chemne Alemannic German
- wéllkòmm Alemannic German
- wolkom Western Frisian
- *wilkuma Old Frisian
- kam Tok Pisin
- welkam Tok Pisin
- wèlkóm Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- come
- will
- nill
- comer
- won't
- willy
- oncome
- become
- coming
- willed
- willer
- comest
- upcome
- wilful
- ancome
- bewill
- tocome
- cometh
- unwill
- income
- will've
- wilsome
- to-come
- offcome
- willeth
- fulcome
- come in
- miscome
- commeth
- willest
- outwill
- newcome
- willnae
- outcome
- willn't
- precome
- overcome
- welcomer
- comeback
- downcome
- willable
- forecome
- welcomee
- ill will
- comeling
- willless
- goodwill
- comedown
- comeover
- aftercome
- self-will
- welcomely
- will-less
- intercome
- bewelcome
- forthcome
- welcoming
- willpower
- undercome
- welcometh
- welcomest
- unwelcome
- ill-willed
- willmaking
- unwelcoming
- unwelcomely
- welcomeness
- welcomingly
- come through
- unwelcomeness
- welcomingness