![]() ![]() Sense of "befit, suit" due to influence from Middle English cweme, icweme, see queem. ![]() ![]() Cognate with Scots becum ( “ to come, arrive, reach a destination ” ), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen ( “ to come by, obtain, receive ” ), West Frisian bikomme ( “ to come by, obtain, receive ” ), Dutch bekomen ( “ to come by, obtain, receive ” ), German bekommen ( “ to get, receive, obtain ” ), Swedish bekomma ( “ to receive, concern ” ), Gothic □□□□□□□ ( biqiman, “ to come upon one, befall ” ). A compound of the sources of be- + come.įrom Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman ( “ to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with happen, befall befit ” ), from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną ( “ to come around, come about, come across, come by ” ), equivalent to be- ( “ about, around ” ) + come. ![]()
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