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Where does “suficiente” come from?

suficiente (Portuguese) comes from Latin sufficiens, from Latin sufficio, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

suficiente (Portuguese): sufficient; enough; enough

Definitions

  1. sufficient; enough; enough

Ancestry of “suficiente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsufficiensimbuing etc
2LatinsufficioI supply, provide, afford, give, furnish, yield;...
3LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
4Proto-Italicfakjōto make
5Proto-Italic*θakjō—
6Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “suficiente”

  • suficientemente
  • autossuficiente
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