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forthcome

The English word “forthcome” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To come forth.

noun

  1. A coming forth.

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.

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