From Old English tōcuman (“to come, arrive”), from Proto-Germanic *tō (“to”), *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to to- + comen. Cognate with Scots tocum (“to arrive, arrive at, encounter, happen”), Dutch toekomen (“to forward, deserve, merit, suffice”), German zukommen (“to come on, benefit, become”).
tocomen
| infinitive | (to) tocomen, tocome | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | tocome | tocam, tocom | |
| 2nd-person singular | tocomest | tocome, tocame, tocam, tocom | |
| 3rd-person singular | tocometh | tocam, tocom | |
| subjunctive singular | tocome | tocome1, tocame1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | tocomen, tocome | tocomen, tocome, tocamen, tocame | |
| imperative plural | tocometh, tocome | — | |
| participles | tocomynge, tocomende | tocomen, tocome | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.