suffire French · revision 16437

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1120 (soufire)|origins=la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /sy.fiʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suffire'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|soufire]] (about 1120), ''sufire'' (about 1155); ''soufire'', ''souffire'', dominant in Old French, gave way to ''suffire'' from about 1507 but was still found in the 17th century.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|soufire]], a Frenchified form of [[la|sufficiō|t=to put under; to supply; to be enough]], from [[m|la|sub-]] and [[m|la|faciō|t=to make, do]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|12, 404b)^(Wiktionary) The modern spelling is a remaking after the Latin word.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Bloch and Wartburg date “suffire” itself to 1495.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found about 1120 as ''soufire''; in the ''Roman d'Eneas'' (1160) ''sofire'' means “to be the quantity needed”.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Souffire à'' + infinitive, “to be adequate for a purpose”, is from about 1260, and the absolute use from 1370 (Oresme).^(TLFi) The impersonal ''il suffit que'' + subjunctive dates from 1370 and ''il suffit de'' + infinitive from 1405 (Eustache Deschamps).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) “To satisfy (someone)” is in Robert Estienne (1549), and of a person “to be equal to a task” from the middle of the 15th century.^(TLFi) ''Suffit !'' and ''ça suffit !'' are used to stop someone.^(Petit Robert 2007) Derivatives include [[suffisant]] (15th century, earlier ''soffeisanz'') and [[suffisance]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1120 – ''Soufire''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1160 – ''Sofire'' “to be enough”, in ''Eneas''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1370 – ''Il suffit que'', in Oresme.^(TLFi)

+ * 1405 – ''Il suffit de'', in Eustache Deschamps.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1507 – ''Suffire'' replaces ''souffire''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1549 – “To satisfy”, in Robert Estienne.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be [[m|en|enough]], [[m|en|suffice]]: ''cela suffit'', ''suffire à'', ''pour''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # ''Il suffit de / que'': all it takes is: ''il suffit d'un mot''.^(TLFi)

+ # ''Ça suffit !'', ''suffit !'': that's enough!^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''Se suffire'': to be self-sufficient.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[suffisant]]

+ * [[suffisance]]

+ * [[insuffisant]]

+ * [[suffisamment]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[faire]]

+ * [[la|sufficiō]]

+ * [[en|suffice]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}