What does kimashita means in 寒くなってきました


> 寒くなってきました

I learned the grammar "verb-te + ikimasu/kimasu" which means doing something
and going back or the other. I searched up the grammar and it also means
"becoming/start to". 寒くなって already means becoming cold. What does kimashita
mean in the sentence above?




Both answers that the previos two users replied are correct I think.

To confirm which meaning this sentence implies, we would need more context.
Like for example:

If the sentence looked like this 最近、寒くなってきましたね Then that means that recently
it started getting cold.

However, if it were like this 冬に入ってから、だんだん寒くなってきました Then it would imply a
gradual slow change.

Without context, it could mean any of these meanings.

