comen

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English

Etymology

From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cumen, ġecumen, past participle of cuman (“to come”). More at come.

Pronunciation

Verb

comen

  1. alternative past participle of come.
    • 2002, Alison Hanham, The Celys and Their World:
      There is diverse of his gentlemen stolen away therefor, and some are comen to Calais, and one of them is sent to our sovereign lord and king.

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

comen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of comer

Galician

Verb

comen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of comer

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch cuman.

Alternative forms

Verb

cōmen

  1. to come
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: komen, kommen
    • Afrikaans: kom
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: kumu
    • Javindo: kom
    • Jersey Dutch: kôme
    • Negerhollands: kom
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: kum, com, come
  • Limburgish: kómme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

cōmen

  1. past participle of cōmen

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English coman, cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman. Past forms in -a- are by analogy with other class 4 strong verbs; e.g. stal, past of stelen.

Pronunciation

Verb

comen (third-person singular simple present cometh, present participle comende, comynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative cam, past participle comen)

  1. to come
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Luke 12:49, page 36r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      I cam to ſende fier in to þe erþe / ⁊ what wole I .· but þat it be kyndlid
      I came to light the earth on fire. All I want is that it gets burnt.
    • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23–24:
      At nyght was come into that hostelrye
      Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye
      There came at nightfall to that hostelry
      Some nine and twenty in a company

Conjugation

Conjugation of comen (strong class 4)
infinitive (to) comen, come
present tense past tense
1st-person singular come cam, com
2nd-person singular comest come, came, cam, com
3rd-person singular cometh cam, com
subjunctive singular come come1, came1
imperative singular —
plural2 comen, come comen, come, camen, came
imperative plural cometh, come —
participles comynge, comende comen, come, ycome

1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkomen/
  • Rhymes: -omen
  • Syllabification: co‧men

Verb

comen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of comer
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