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SUFICIENTE

Latin Lemma

suffĭcĭente(m) [suffĭcĭens]

Latin POS

PRESPART

Latin Meaning

suffĭcĕre: (1) to put under / among / into, to put in the place of, take the place of; (2) to be sufficient. Suffĭcĭens has only meaning (2). L&S

Spanish

Spanish Lemma

suficiente

Spanish Variants

suficientes, sufiçiente(s), sufficiente(s), suffiçiente(s) CDEGH

Spanish POS

ADJ

Spanish Morphologically related words

suficiencia, suficientemente, insuficiencia, insuficiente; no verb DLE

Ranking/frequency in Spanish

781 Davies 2017 622 CDEWP

Spanish First attestation

& que siruan los oficios por si: saluo los escriuanos que andan en corte que puedan poner por si personas suficientes que siruan el oficio (CDEGH: Siete partidas, second half 13th cent.)

las quales cosas oidas, el señor rrei, ansi como justo juez, non les quiso creer de ligero, mas mandoles dar letras, en las quales firmemente mando asi al abad como a la parte adbersa, que en el termino a ellos aseñalado en sus letras, por si o por sus sufiçientes procuradores e rresponsares, antel paresçiesen sin alguna tardança (CORDE: Anon., Crónica de Sahagún, c1255)

Spanish Historical frequency (per million words)

13C: 0.6 14C: 3.75 15C: 24.51 16C: 33.05 17C: 27.05 18C: 76.03 19C: 66.43 20C: 90.83 CDEGH
13C: 0.19 14C: 9.26 15C: 13.12 16C: 21.06 17C: 18.01 18C: 49.51 19C: 43.59 20C: 57.93 21C: 110.09 Enclave
- - - - - - - - 21C: 124.20 CORPESXXI
- - 1064-1500: 21.96 - 1501-1700: 35.87 1701-1800: 81.08 1801-1900: 77.78 1901-2005: 112.57 - CDH

Spanish Semantic history

Lat "sufficient, adequate" L&S. No significant change.

Portuguese

Portuguese Lemma

suficiente

Portuguese Variants

suficientes, sufiçiente(s), sufficiente(s), suffiçiente(s) CDPGH

Portuguese POS

N, ADJ

Portuguese Morphologically related words

suficiência, insuficiente, insuficiência Houaiss

Ranking/frequency in Portuguese

992 as ADJ, 2051 as N CDPWP

Portuguese Historical frequency (per million words)

13C: 0.00 14C: 2.33 15C: 7.03 16C: 15.69 17C: 17.73 18C: 15.07 19C: 20.54 20C: 73.48 CDPGH

Portuguese Semantic history

Lat "sufficient, adequate" L&S. No significant change.

French

French Lemma

suffisant

French Variants

plural

French POS

ADJ, PRESPART

French Morphologically related words

suffire, suffisance, sufiisamment, insuffisant, insuffisance, insuffisamment Larousse

French First attestation

(suffisant: Psautier d'Oxford, early 12C TLF)

French Semantic history

(Suffisant: formation from suffire; collocational use in parallel with Eng shows preference for suffisant over sufficient. 12C "satisfied": maybe original differentiation between sufficient and suffisans? Modern "enough, correct, the appropriate amount".)

French Collocational history

(Suffisant: special meanings of grâce suffisante, raison suffisante, rime suffisante TLF)

English

English Lemma

sufficient

English Variants

ME Sc. sufficyand, suffyciand, ME sufficia(u)nt(e, ME–15C sufficyent, Sc. sufficiand , ME suffisia(u)nt, suffyceant, suffycient, suffycyaunt, suffysyent, suffeceant, ME–15C suffycyent, suffyciente, 15C suffiecient, 15C–16C suffitient, (16C sophytient), ME–present sufficient OED

English POS

N, ADJ

English Morphologically related words

suffice, sufficiently, sufficiency

Ranking/frequency in English

Band 6/8 OED

English First attestation

Wyclif c1380 OED

English Semantic history

Lat "sufficient, adequate" L&S. No significant change. Latin equivalents: satis Cassell

Cultural transmission

Sp Maintenance of form and meaning and lack of morphologically corresponding verb suggest direct borrowing / maintenance from Latin. Use in legal documents written in the Latin way cited in CORDE suggests the word may have had an ongoing familiarity through this register.

Eng borrowing from OFr or Lat OED

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