Where does “sufficingness” come from?
sufficingness (English) comes from English sufficing, from English suffice, from Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
sufficingness (English): sufficiency
Definitions
- sufficiency
Ancestry of “sufficingness”, step by step
sufficingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sufficing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sufficing | present participle of suffice |
| 2 | English | suffice | To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough |
| 3 | Middle English | suffisen | to be adequate for some purpose or need, to suffice, to be enough (+ for, to, unto, or til: for (something) or for (someone’s) needs; + to: to (do something); + of: regarding, on (some subject)) |
| 4 | Middle French | souffire | — |
| 5 | Latin | sufficiō | to supply, provide, afford, give, fill, imbue, furnish, yield, produce |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | 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 |