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
Portuguese
Portuguese Lemma
suficiente
Portuguese Variants
suficientes, sufiçiente(s), sufficiente(s), suffiçiente(s) CDPGH
Portuguese POS
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
English
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