來  (1) To come, coming; to cause to come; to invite. To come here (āgata, āgati, āya). (2) From; from before. The future. (3) To encourage by reward. (4) After a number it means "or more, odd, more than" etc. (5) A guest. (6) To fall back, retreat, retrogress. (7) Past tense, since. (8) An auxiliary word used to give force to another word.

āgama; āgam-; āgata. Come, the coming, future.

A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous