Where does “sufficientness” come from?
sufficientness (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.
sufficientness (English): The quality of being sufficient
Definitions
- The quality of being sufficient
Ancestry of “sufficientness”, step by step
sufficientness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sufficient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sufficient | Equal to the end proposed; adequate to what is... |
| 2 | Old French | sufisanz | — |
| 3 | Latin | sufficiēns | imbuing etc |
| 4 | Latin | sufficiō | to supply, provide, afford, give, fill, imbue, furnish, yield, produce |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |