"forthcome" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forthcomes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Old English forþcyme (“a forthcoming”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth”), *kumiz (“coming”), equivalent to forth- + come. Cognate with German Fortkommen (“advancement”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm}} Middle English [Term?], {{inh|en|ang|forþcyme||a forthcoming}} Old English forþcyme (“a forthcoming”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*furþą||forth}} Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth”), {{prefix|en|forth|come}} forth- + come, {{cog|de|Fortkommen||advancement}} German Fortkommen (“advancement”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} forthcome (plural forthcomes)
  1. (obsolete) A coming forth. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-forthcome-en-noun-wjqkcX0V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with forth-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with forth-: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: forthcomes [present, singular, third-person], forthcoming [participle, present], forthcame [past], forthcome [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English forthcomen, from Old English forþcuman (“to come forth, proceed, arrive at, succeed, come to pass, come true, be born”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth”), *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to forth- + come. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forthcomen}} Middle English forthcomen, {{inh|en|ang|forþcuman||to come forth, proceed, arrive at, succeed, come to pass, come true, be born}} Old English forþcuman (“to come forth, proceed, arrive at, succeed, come to pass, come true, be born”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*furþą||forth}} Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth”), {{prefix|en|forth|come}} forth- + come Head templates: {{en-verb|forthcomes|forthcoming|forthcame|forthcome}} forthcome (third-person singular simple present forthcomes, present participle forthcoming, simple past forthcame, past participle forthcome)
  1. To come forth. Synonyms: emerge, appear Derived forms: forthcoming
    Sense id: en-forthcome-en-verb-Tko8G-o7 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with forth- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with forth-: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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