Where does “sufficiently” come from?
Sufficiently derives from Middle English -ly adverbial suffix applied to Latin sufficiens, from Latin sufficio meaning to supply or be adequate, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning to put or place.
sufficiently (English): In a sufficient manner; enough; To a sufficient...
Definitions
- In a sufficient manner; enough; To a sufficient...
Ancestry of “sufficiently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 | — |