welcome

Etymology
From, , , , from “a wished-for guest”; compare also, from , from , possibly from , equivalent to 🇰🇲. The component wil- was replaced by wel- when the sense “guest” of the second component was no longer understood, likely under influence from the adverb. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (earlier willecome), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬), from Germanic.

The verb is from, , , from , ,.

Similar constructions are found in Romance languages, such as, , , ,  and , meaning “[may you have fared] well [in] coming [here]”. These do not derive from a Classical Latin root, as no similar construction in Latin is found to exist, but are instead presumed to be the result of a calque from, considering the ruling elite of the Germanic kingdoms which succeeded the, a Germanic language into Proto-Romance (Vulgar Latin; see 🇨🇬, and compare and  for similar historical calques).

Adjective

 * 1) Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
 * 2) Producing gladness.
 * 3) Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
 * 1) Producing gladness.
 * 2) Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
 * 1) Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
 * 1) Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
 * 1) Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.

Usage notes
When used with reference to a place, “welcome” is always followed by “to”. The signs often seen in many non-English-speaking countries welcoming tourists with “in”, such as “Welcome in Heidelberg!”, sound unnatural to some English speakers and show interference from other languages, many of which use a cognate of “in” in this situation, and especially with a cognate of “welcome”.

Noun

 * 1) The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.
 * 2) The utterance of such a greeting.
 * 3) Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.
 * We entered the house and found a ready welcome.
 * 1) The state of being a welcome guest.
 * 1) The state of being a welcome guest.
 * 1) The state of being a welcome guest.

Verb

 * 1) To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
 * 2) To accept something willingly or gladly.
 * 3) * 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang welcomed cooperation with South Korea.
 * 1) * 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang welcomed cooperation with South Korea.
 * Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang welcomed cooperation with South Korea.

Etymology
From, equivalent to. Forms with have been assimilated to.