English
just enough
The minimum amount necessary for something.
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Origin
From just (“merely”) + enough (“sufficient”).
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Lineage
- partEnglishjust “Factually right, correct; factual.”
- inheritedMiddle Englishjuste
- borrowedOld Frenchjuste
- derived (ultimately)Latiniuxtā “near”
- inheritedMiddle Englishjuste
- partEnglishenough “Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.”
- inheritedMiddle Englishynogh “enough”
- inheritedOld Englishġenōg “enough”
- inheritedMiddle Englishynogh “enough”