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