Became
/bɪˈkeɪm/noun
Past tense of become, meaning to begin to be or to come into existence.
Did you know?In Old English, the word for 'become' was 'becuman', which carries a sense of 'coming to be'—a magical transition from one state to another.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷem-
“to be, exist”
Old English
Old English
becuman
“to come to or arrive”
Middle English
Middle English
becomen
“to come to be, to happen”
14th Century
Middle English
become
“to come into being or existence”
Modern English
English
became
“past tense form indicating the process of coming into a new state or condition.”