upcome
Plural: upcomes
Verb
- To ascend, rise; grow up; come up.
Noun
- An ascent, climb; a way up.
- An outward appearance, especially pertaining to the future; a promising aspect or outlook.
- A comment, saying, expression.
- The final or decisive point; result, outcome.
- One's upbringing, development from childhood to adulthood.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Scrabble Score: 12
upcome: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionaryupcome: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
upcome: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 0
upcome: not valid in Words With Friends