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
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.
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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