Becoming
/bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/noun
Appropriate, attractive, or suitable in appearance or manner.
Did you know?Becoming is the present participle of become, which goes back to Old English becuman, originally meaning to come to, arrive, or happen — a reminder that identity was once imagined as something you literally ‘came into.’
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gwa-
“to go, come”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*kwemaną
“to come, arrive”
Old English
English
becuman
“to come to, arrive, happen, befall”
Middle English
English
bicomen
“to become, happen, suit”
Modern English
English
becoming
“attractive, suitable; present participle of become”