came

Etymology 1

See come.

verb

1. simple past of come
2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of come
   With that army the British army, in the course of its operations, must have came in contact; and, if that were likely, (may rather if it was impossible to avoid it.) I will ask, whether, under all the circumstances of Europe[…] 1812, The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time, volume 16, T.C. Hansard, page 335
   Thailand's expansion of access to secondary and tertiary education is unlikely to have came at the expense of quality. International achievement test show Thai students consistently outperforming not just Indonesia, whose per capita national income is less than half of Thailand's[…] 2006, Kaspar Richter, Thailand's Growth Path: From Recovery to Prosperity, The World Bank, page 50
   I don't know why her ass couldn't have just waited until I had got ready so we could have came together. It's bad enough I even have to be in this mothafucka. 1 April 2011, Angie Daniels, Careful of the Company You Keep, Kensington Publishing Corp, page 53
3. simple past of cum

prep

1. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation
   Came Christmas by which, at the outset, everybody knew it would be over, and it was not over. Came June, 1915, concerning which, at the outset, he had joined with Mr. Fortune, Twyning and Harold in laughter at his own grotesque idea of the war lasting to the dramatic effect of a culminating battle on the centenary of Waterloo, and the war had lasted, and was still lasting. 1921, Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson, If Winter Comes, page 256

Etymology 2

Attested from the 17th century, of unknown origin. Possibly from kame (“a ridge”). Compare Scots came (“comb”), Scots kame (“combing; a ridge”), and Middle English camet (“silver”).

noun

1. A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.