upcome

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upcome

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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”).

verb upcomes · upcoming · upcame · upcome

dialectal, obsolete, rare To ascend, rise; grow up; come up.

noun upcomes

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

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@misc{upcome_2026,
  title = {upcome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/upcome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}