forthcome

English

Etymology 1

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.

Verb

forthcome (third-person singular simple present forthcomes, present participle forthcoming, simple past forthcame, past participle forthcome)

1. (intransitive) To come forth.
   • 1903, Jack London, The People of the Abyss:

     By dropping a penny in the slot, the gas was forthcoming, and when a penny's worth had forthcome the supply was automatically shut off.

   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Girl with Curious Hair:

     The crowd slowly dissolved as news from doctors and Service upstairs failed to forthcome.

   • 2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     With little information forthcoming from Laos authorities, some travelers in Vang Vieng and friends of those who died have taken it upon themselves to investigate.

Synonyms

• emerge; see also Thesaurus:appear

Derived terms

• forthcoming

Etymology 2

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English forþcyme (“a forthcoming”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth”), *kumiz (“coming”), equivalent to forth- +‎ come. Cognate with German Fortkommen (“advancement”).

Noun

forthcome (plural forthcomes)

1. (obsolete) A coming forth.

Anagrams

• come forth