Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undercome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-come
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To come under; experience or suffer the effects of; be affected by; undergo.

Transitive verb

verb

To submit; submit to; subvene

Transitive verb

verb

To come through.

Intransitive verb

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Etymology

From Middle English *undercomen, from Old English undercuman (“to come under, submit, assist”), from Proto-Germanic *under (“under”) + *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to under- + come. Cognate with West Frisian ûnderkomme (“to shelter, come under”), Dutch onderkomen (“to shelter, find accommodation”), German unterkommen (“to stay, find accommodation, find a job”), Icelandic undirkoma (“to come under”).

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What does undercome mean?
To come under; experience or suffer the effects of; be affected by; undergo.
Where does undercome come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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