undercome

Meaning

Verb

• To come under; experience or suffer the effects of; be affected by; undergo.
• To submit; submit to; subvene
• To come through.

Origin

• From Middle English *undercomen, from Old English undercuman ("to come under, submit, assist"), from Proto-Germanic *under ("under") + *kwemaną, equivalent to under- + come. Cognate with West Frisian ûnderkomme ("to shelter, come under"), Dutch onderkomen ("to shelter, find accommodation"), German unterkommen ("to stay, find accommodation, find a job"), Icelandic undirkoma ("to come under").