Etymograph

English

upcome

Upcome comes from Old English ūpcuman ‘to come up, arise’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *upp ‘up’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*upp1‘up’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150ūpcuman1‘to come up, arise’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500upcomen1
  4. Englishtodayupcome1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English upcome

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*uppWiktionary, English upcome‘up’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150ūpcumanWiktionary, English upcome‘to come up, arise’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500upcomenWiktionary, English upcome
  4. EnglishtodayupcomeWiktionary, English upcome

Formed from up- + come

Old English ūp ‘up, from above’

English up-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come’

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Proto-Germanic *kwemaną ‘to come’

Proto-West Germanic *kweman ‘to come’

Old English cuman ‘to come’

Middle English comen ‘to come’

English come

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *upp ‘up’

up, opening, upper, upward, ope, 2 more

Today it means

verb To ascend, rise; grow up; come up.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “upcome”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *upp / upcome

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