Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: comest
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

second-person singular simple present indicative of come

Archaic

Example Sentences

"When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt Proto-Germanic *kwemaną Proto-West Germanic *kweman Old English cuman Middle English comen English come English -est English comest From come + -est.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

com'st (alternative)

Questions

What does comest mean?: second-person singular simple present indicative of come
Where does comest come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt Proto-Germanic *kwemaną Proto-West Germanic *kweman Old English cuman Middle English comen English come English -est English comest From come + -est.

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