come in

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*inkwemaną“to come in; enter”
2. Old English · inherited fromincuman“to come in; enter”
3. Middle English · inherited fromincomen“to come in; enter”
4. Middle English · inherited fromcom in
5. English todaycome in

From Middle English com in, imperative form of Middle English incomen (“to come in; enter”), from Old English incuman (“to come in; enter”), from Proto-Germanic *inkwemaną (“to come in; enter”), equivalent to come + in. Compare Dutch kom in (“come in”), singular imperative form of inkomen (“to come in; enter”), German einkommen (“to come in; enter”). See also income, incoming.