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

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y- (Middle English)

Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles (this prefix does not occur independently).

*ga- (Proto-Germanic)

Indicates association or togetherness; co-.. Indicates completeness or wholeness. In verbs, also indicates perfectivity (a finished action).

*nōgaz (Proto-Germanic)

*ganōgaz (Proto-Germanic)

Enough, sufficient.

nóg (Old Norse)

ġenōg (Old English)

genog (Old English)

Sufficient; enough.

inow (Middle English)

enough (English)

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.

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