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Originally Posted by tdol And, of course, 'welcome' is a regular verb, unlike most of the 'come' family.  |
Perhaps that is because they started out differently. Perhaps the verb form of
welcome evolved when the language was changing.
come
[Middle English comen, from Old English cuman. See gw- in Indo-European Roots.]
welcome
[Middle English, alteration (influenced by wel, well), of Old English wilcuma, welcome guest, welcome; see gw- in Indo-European Roots.] (From the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.)
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