Meanings
forthcome1
present singular third person forthcomes · participle present forthcoming · past forthcame
- intransitiveTo come forth.
The crowd slowly dissolved as news from doctors and Service upstairs failed to forthcome.
1996, David Foster Wallace, Girl with Curious Hair2 more examples
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.
1903, Jack London, The People of the AbyssWith little information forthcoming from Laos authorities, some travelers in Vang Vieng and friends of those who died have taken it upon themselves to investigate.
2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNNSynonyms: emerge
forthcome2
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo come forth.
Origin
forthcome · verb
- Proto-Germanic*furþą“forth”
- Old Englishforþcuman“to come forth, proceed, arrive at, succeed, come to pass, come true, be born”
- Middle Englishforthcomen
- Englishforthcome
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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Full word history & related roots →forthcome · noun
- Proto-Germanic*furþą“forth”
- Old Englishforþcyme“a forthcoming”
- Middle English[Term?]
- Englishforthcome
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
forthcome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthcome
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