English

Verb

forthcome ‎(third-person singular simple present forthcomes, present participle forthcoming, simple past forthcame, past participle forthcome)

1. To come forth.
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Girl with curious hair:

     The crowd slowly dissolved as news from doctors and Service upstairs failed to forthcome.

   • 1903, Jack London, The people of the abyss:

     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.

Derived terms

• forthcoming

Etymology 2

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

Noun

forthcome ‎(plural forthcomes)

1. (obsolete) A coming forth.