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“come of” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

come of
(α) (α) = to be born of, or descended from, ortum, oriundum esse ab aliquo: originem trahere ab aliquo: originem ducere ab or ex aliquo: genus ducere ab aliquo: ad aliquem originem sui referre: to come of a good family, honesto genere (natum esse); honesto loco (ortum esse). to come of an humble family, humili or obscuro or ignobili loco (natum esse). (β) = to be the consequence of, fieri or factum est ex aliqua re: This comes of having too little to do, hoc fit (or factum est) ex nimio otio: Sometimes by hunc fructum capere or percipere ex aliqua re, or alicujus rei, or (the consequence being bad) aliquid hoc fert incommodum.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for come of?
The usual Latin words for “come of” are orior, humilis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.