comen

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmən

Verb

comen

1. (archaic) 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

• M.Econ., mecon

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

• commen

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

• “comen (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “comen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• cumen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumən/

Verb

comen (third-person singular simple present cometh, present participle 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.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Luke 12:49, folio 36, recto, 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 send fire over the Earth, and what I want is only that it be kindled.

   • 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 into that hostelry
     Some twenty-nine persons 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	come1, came1
3rd-person singular	cometh	cam, com
subjunctive singular	come	come2, came2
imperative singular		—
plural3	comen, come	comen, come, camen, came
imperative plural	cometh, come	—
participles	comynge, comende	comen, come, ycome

¹ Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or camest, comest.
² Later replaced by the indicative.
³ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

• welcomen

Descendants

• English: come, cum
  • Solombala English: комъ (kom)
• Scots: cum
• Yola: coome, come, cum

References

• “cǒmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Adjective

comen

1. alternative form of comun

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.men/

Verb

cōmen

1. plural preterite subjunctive of cuman

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkomen/ [ˈko.mẽn]
• Rhymes: -omen
• Syllabification: co‧men

Verb

comen

1. third-person plural present indicative of comer