Etymology

came

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Today it means: Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation Full definition →

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came · verb, preposition1

See come.

came · noun2

Attested from the 17th century, of unknown origin. Possibly from kame (“a ridge”). Compare Scots came (“comb”), Scots kame (“combing; a ridge”), and Middle English camet (“silver”).

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