upcome

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An ascent, climb; a way up.
2. An outward appearance, especially pertaining to the future; a promising aspect or outlook.
3. A comment, saying, expression.
4. The final or decisive point; result, outcome.
5. One's upbringing, development from childhood to adulthood.

Verb

To ascend, rise; grow up; come up.

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: upcomen

Hérité de ancien anglais: ūpcuman

Appartenant à frison occidental: opkomme

Appartenant à néerlandais: opkomen

Appartenant à allemand: aufkommen

Appartenant à danois: opkomme

Appartenant à islandais: uppkoma

In summary

From Middle English upcomen, from Old English ūpcuman (“to come up, arise”), from Proto-Germanic *upp (“up”), *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to up- + come. Cognate with West Frisian opkomme (“to arise, stand up”), Dutch opkomen (“to come up, ascend, occur”), German aufkommen (“to come up, arise, emerge”), Danish opkomme (“to arise, meet”), Icelandic uppkoma (“an outbreak, appearance, arising”).