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upcome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
up-come
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ascend, rise; grow up; come up.

Obsolete

noun

An ascent, climb; a way up.

noun

An outward appearance, especially pertaining to the future; a promising aspect or outlook.

noun

A comment, saying, expression.

noun

The final or decisive point; result, outcome.

noun

One's upbringing, development from childhood to adulthood.

Etymology

From Middle English upcomen, from Old English ūpcuman (“to come up, arise”), from Proto-Germanic *upp (“up”), *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to up- + come. Cognate with West Frisian opkomme (“to arise, stand up”), Dutch opkomen (“to come up, ascend, occur”), German aufkommen (“to come up, arise, emerge”), Danish opkomme (“to arise, meet”), Icelandic uppkoma (“an outbreak, appearance, arising”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

upcomes (present, singular) upcoming (participle, present) upcame (past) upcomes (plural)

Derived Forms

upcomer upcoming

Phrases

up-and-comer up-and-coming

Frequently Paired Words

come downcome up up-and-comer up-and-coming

Questions

What does upcome mean?
To ascend, rise; grow up; come up.
Where does upcome come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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