become

Meaning

Verb

• begin to be; turn into.
• To come about; happen; come into being; arise.
• To be proper for; to beseem.
• Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).
• To arrive, come (to a place).

Related

Similar words

• befit, suit

Origin

• A compound of the sources of be- and come.
• From Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman, from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną ("to come around, come about, come across, come by"), equivalent to be- + come. Cognate with Scots becum ("to come, arrive, reach a destination"), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen, West Frisian bikomme ("to come by, obtain, receive"), Dutch bekomen ("to come by, obtain, receive"), German bekommen ("to get, receive, obtain"), Swedish bekomma ("to receive, concern"), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 ("to come upon one, befall"). Sense of "befit, suit" due to influence from , icweme, see queem.