upcome

Meanings

Verb

• To ascend, rise; grow up; come up.

Noun

• An ascent, climb; a way up.
• An outward appearance, especially pertaining to the future; a promising aspect or outlook.
• A comment, saying, expression.
• The final or decisive point; result, outcome.
• One's upbringing, development from childhood to adulthood.

Origin

• From Middle English upcomen, from Old English ūpcuman, from Proto-Germanic *upp, *kwemaną, equivalent to up- + come. Cognate with West Frisian opkomme, Dutch opkomen, German aufkommen, Danish opkomme, Icelandic uppkoma.