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Where does “sufficeth” come from?

sufficeth (English) comes from English suffice, from Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

sufficeth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “sufficeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsufficeTo be enough or sufficient; to meet the need ; to...
2Middle Englishsuffisen—
3Middle Frenchsouffire—
4Latinsufficiō—
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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