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
- 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.
Asturian
Galician
Middle Dutch
Alternative forms
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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
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
- IPA(key): /ˈkumən/
Verb
comen (third-person singular simple present cometh, present participle comende, comynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative cam, past participle comen)
- 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
- There came at nightfall to that hostelry
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.
References
- “cǒmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkomen/ [ˈko.mẽn]
- Rhymes: -omen
- Syllabification: co‧men
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