enough
English
/ɪˈnʌf/
det
Definitions
- Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ynogh (enough) inherited from Old English ġenōg (enough) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (enough, sufficient) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (he has reached, attained).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe
Gloss
he has reached, attained
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Goodenough English
- enoughly English
- enoughness English
- Genüge German
- genug German
- genugtun German
- genügsam German
- genoeg Dutch, Flemish
- genoegzaam Dutch, Flemish
- zelfgenoegzaam Dutch, Flemish
- zelfsgenoegzaam Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eh₂nóḱe Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂neḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ganōgaz Proto-Germanic
- *hnukkaz Proto-Germanic
- nog Swedish
- genog Old English
- ġenōg Old English
- नश् Sanskrit
- inow Middle English
- ynogh Middle English
- gnógr Old Norse
- nóg Old Norse
- nógr Old Norse
- nok Danish
- nógur Icelandic
- ginuog Old High German
- genoeg Afrikaans
- genuoc Middle High German
- kënaq Albanian
- kënaqësi Albanian
- 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- *ginuog Old Dutch
- ghenug Cimbrian
- ginog Old Saxon
- ginōg Old Saxon
- gnueg Alemannic German
- eneuch Scots
- *Hnaś- Proto-Indo-Aryan
- genôch Western Frisian
- enōch Old Frisian
- noog German Low German
- inap Tok Pisin
- *ka Proto-Albanian
- *ānda Proto-Albanian
- eṅk- Tocharian B
- nofo Sranan Tongo
- *eṅk- Proto-Tocharian