English Explanatory Dictionary

undercome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To come under; experience or suffer the effects of; be affected by; undergo.
  2. To submit; submit to; subvene
  3. To come through.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undercome.wav

Word forms

undercome undercomes undercoming undercame

Etymology

From Middle English *undercomen, from Old English undercuman (“to come under, submit, assist”), from Proto-Germanic *under (“under”) + *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to under- + come. Cognate with West Frisian ûnderkomme (“to shelter, come under”), Dutch onderkomen (“to shelter, find accommodation”), German unterkommen (“to stay, find accommodation, find a job”), Icelandic undirkoma (“to come under”).

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