tocome

See also: to-come and to come

Middle English

Alternative forms

tocomene, tocom, tocum, tocume, tokume, tocime, tocyme, tokime, tokyme, to come, to comene, to com, to cum, to cume, to kume, to cime, to cyme, to kime, to kyme

Etymology

From Old English tōcyme (“arrival, coming”).

Noun

tocome (plural tocomes)

When something comes; an arrival, onset.
The future

Derived terms

wordes of tocome

Descendants

English: to-come
Scots: tocome

References

“tocome (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 April 2018.

Scots

Alternative forms

tocum

Etymology 1

From Middle English tocomen (“to come, arrive, happen”), from Old English tōcuman (“to come, arrive”), from Proto-Germanic *tō (“to”), *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to to- +‎ come. Cognate with Dutch toekomen (“to forward, deserve, merit, suffice”), German zukommen (“to come on, benefit, become”).

Verb

tocome (third-person singular present tocomes, present participle tocomin, past tocam, past participle tocomen or tocomet)

(intransitive) To arrive.
(of a letter, package, etc.) To arrive at, reach a destination; come to a person's attention.
(of an event) To happen; to be about to happen.
(transitive) To encounter

Derived terms

to-coming

Etymology 2

From Middle English to-come, from Old English tōcyme (“coming, advent, arrival”).

Noun

tocome (plural tocomes)

A future period of time.
in tocum
An approach; onset.
An entrance.

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