English

enough

/ɪˈnʌf/
Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.

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    Origin

    From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”)).

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishynogh “enough”
      • inheritedOld Englishġenōg “enough”
        • inheritedProto-Germanic*ganōgaz “enough”

    Related: Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur, Old Irish tánaic, Latin nancisci, Albanian kënaq

    Words built on it: just enough, enough already

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