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Sufficient

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means enough to meet the needs of a situation or purpose
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Stage 1 of 2
sufficere
Latin · ancient
"to make enough"
to make enough, from sub- (under) and facere (to make)
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Stage 2 of 2
sufficient
English · 1300s
"enough to meet a particular need or purpose"
settled as the English word for enough to meet a need
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