# comen
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cumen, ġecumen, past participle of cuman (“to come”). More at come.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ʌmən

### Verb

comen
* (archaic) alternative past participle of come.
** 2002, Alison Hanham, The Celys and Their World:There is diverse of his gentlemen stolen away therefor, and some are comen to Calais, and one of them is sent to our sovereign lord and king.

### Anagrams

* M.Econ., mecon

## Asturian
### Verb

comen
* third-person plural present indicative of comer

## Galician
### Verb

comen
* third-person plural present indicative of comer

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Old Dutch cuman.

#### Alternative forms

* commen

#### Verb

cōmen
* to come

##### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

##### Descendants

* Dutch: komen, kommen
** Afrikaans: kom
** Berbice Creole Dutch: kumu
** Javindo: kom
** Jersey Dutch: kôme
** Negerhollands: kom
** Skepi Creole Dutch: kum, com, come
* Limburgish: kómme

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

cōmen
* past participle of cōmen

### Further reading

* “comen (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “comen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* cumen

### Etymology

From Old English coman, cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman. Past forms in -a- are by analogy with other class 4 strong verbs; e.g. stal, past of stelen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkumən/

### Verb

comen (third-person singular simple present cometh, present participle comende, comynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative cam, past participle comen)
* to come
** c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Luke 12:49, page 36r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:I cam to ſende fier in to þe erþe / ⁊ what wole I .· but þat it be kyndlidI came to light the earth on fire. All I want is that it gets burnt.
** c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23–24:At nyght was come into that hostelrye Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignyeThere came at nightfall to that hostelry Some nine and twenty in a company

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) comen, come | (to) comen, come |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | come | cam, com |
| 2nd-person singular | comest | come, came, cam, com |
| 3rd-person singular | cometh | cam, com |
| subjunctive singular | come | come$^1$, came$^1$ |
| imperative singular | come | — |
| plural$^2$ | comen, come | comen, come, camen, came |
| imperative plural | cometh, come | — |
| participles | comynge, comende | comen, come, ycome |
$^1$Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English. $^2$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Descendants

* English: come, cum
** Solombala English: комъ (kom)
* Scots: cum
* Yola: coome, come, cum

#### References

* “cǒmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoː.men/

### Verb

cōmen
* plural preterite subjunctive of cuman

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkomen/ [ˈko.mẽn]
* Rhymes: -omen
* Syllabification: co‧men

### Verb

comen
* third-person plural present indicative of comer