Etymology

come through

Today it means: To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway. Full definition →

Middle English þurȝcomyn
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromþurȝcomyn
  2. English todaycome through

Conflation of Middle English þurȝcomyn (v. inf.), with inseparable prefix, and comen thurgh, a verb-adverb/preposition combination. Cf. German durchkommen, where the prefix is separable. Equivalent to come + through.

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