Where does “nonsufficient” come from?
nonsufficient (English) comes from English sufficient, from Old French sufisanz, from Latin sufficiēns, from Latin sufficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
nonsufficient (English): insufficient
Ancestry of “nonsufficient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sufficient | Equal to the end proposed; adequate to what is... |
| 2 | Old French | sufisanz | — |
| 3 | Latin | sufficiēns | — |
| 4 | Latin | sufficiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |