English
enow
Enow comes from Middle English ynowe ‘weak singular’, from ynogh ‘enough’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ganōgaz‘enough’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*ganōgreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġenōg‘enough’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ynogh‘enough’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500ynowe‘weak singular’
- Englishearliest quotation 1831enow
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ganōgaz‘enough’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*ganōgreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġenōg‘enough’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ynogh‘enough’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500ynowe‘weak singular’
- Englishearliest quotation 1831enow
Earliest quotation: 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality. […]: “How irksome, how wearying, to be doomed always to…”
Linked words
through Middle English ynogh ‘enough’
Today it means
det —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz / enow