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, equivalent to forth- + come.
From Middle English, from Old English forþcyme ("a forthcoming"), from Proto-Germanic *furþą ("forth"), *kumiz, equivalent to forth- + come. Cognate with German Fortkommen ("advancement").
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