Sufficiency
/səˈfɪʃ.ən.si/noun
The state of having enough; adequacy.
Did you know?Its root comes from Latin *sufficere*, meaning “to put under” or “to provide enough,” a verb built from the same *facere* family that gave us words like *fact* and *factory*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dheh₁-
“to put, place, set”
Latin
Latin
facere
“to do, make, perform”
Latin
Latin
sufficere
“to supply enough, be adequate; literally “to put under””
Old French
Old French
suffisance
“adequacy, sufficiency”
Middle English
English
sufficiencie
“adequacy; enough for the need”
Modern English
English
sufficiency
“the state of being enough or adequate”