Enough etymology

English

English word enough comes from Middle English y-, Proto-Germanic *ga-, Proto-Germanic *nōgaz, and later Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (Enough, sufficient.)

Detailed word origin of enough

Dictionary entry Language Definition
y- Middle English (enm) Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles (this prefix does not occur independently).
*ga- Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Indicates association or togetherness; co-.. Indicates completeness or wholeness. In verbs, also indicates perfectivity (a finished action).
*nōgaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
*ganōgaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Enough, sufficient.
nóg Old Norse (non)
ġenōg Old English (ang)
genog Old English (ang) Sufficient; enough.
inow Middle English (enm)
enough English (en) Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. Stop! Don't do that anymore, etc. Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.. Sufficiently. A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.

Words with the same origin as enough

Descendants of y-

ace vital