comer
English
/ˈkʌmɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
- (figuratively) One who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory.
- One who arrives.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English comere affix from English come (comer, arrival).
Origin
English
come
Gloss
comer, arrival
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftercome English
- aftercomer English
- ancome English
- become English
- come English
- come in English
- come through English
- comeback English
- comedown English
- comeling English
- comeover English
- comest English
- cometh English
- coming English
- commeth English
- down English
- downcome English
- downcomer English
- early English
- earlycomer English
- first English
- firstcomer English
- forecome English
- forthcome English
- fulcome English
- home English
- homecomer English
- income English
- intercome English
- late English
- latecomer English
- miscome English
- newcome English
- newcomer English
- offcome English
- oncome English
- outcome English
- overcome English
- precome English
- to-come English
- tocome English
- undercome English
- upcome English
- welcome English
- ニューカマー Japanese
- comen Middle English
- comere Middle English
- kam Tok Pisin
- come
- down
- late
- home
- early
- first
- upcome
- oncome
- become
- ancome
- tocome
- coming
- cometh
- income
- comest
- newcome
- welcome
- to-come
- offcome
- fulcome
- outcome
- come in
- miscome
- commeth
- precome
- overcome
- comeling
- comeback
- downcome
- comedown
- comeover
- forecome
- newcomer
- forthcome
- aftercome
- intercome
- undercome
- downcomer
- latecomer
- homecomer
- firstcomer
- earlycomer
- aftercomer
- come through