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forthcome en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English forthcomen, from Old English forþcuman (“to come forth, proceed, arrive at, succeed, come to pass, come true, be born”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth”), *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to forth- + come.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To come forth.
   • The crowd slowly dissolved as news from doctors and Service upstairs failed to forthcome. 1996, David Foster Wallace, Girl with Curious Hair:
   • By dropping a penny in the slot, the gas was forthcoming, and when a penny's worth had forthcome the supply was automatically shut off. 1903, Jack London, The People of the Abyss:
   • With little information forthcoming from Laos authorities, some travelers in Vang Vieng and friends of those who died have taken it upon themselves to investigate. 2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN:

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Deriveds

forthcoming

Synonyms

emerge

forthcome en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English forþcyme (“a forthcoming”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth”), *kumiz (“coming”), equivalent to forth- + come. Cognate with German Fortkommen (“advancement”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A coming forth.

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