The word 'enough' has the same origin as German 'genug' and Dutch 'genoeg'.
However, unlike these words, 'enough' doesn't start with a g-. Moreover, contrary to what its spelling suggests, it ends with an /f/ sound.
When did these changes happen?
Click the video to listen to a reconstruction of how this word evolved over the past 2300 years.
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