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Where does “antiemployment” come from?

antiemployment (English) comes from English employment, from English employ, from French emploi, from French employer, from Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicō, from Latin īn- — in.

antiemployment (English): Opposing or countering employment

Definitions

  1. Opposing or countering employment

Ancestry of “antiemployment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishemploymentThe work or occupation for which one is used, and...
2EnglishemployThe state of being an employee; employment; The...
3Frenchemploijob; employment; use; need
4Frenchemployerto employ
5Middle Frenchemployerto employ; to use; to make use of
6Old FrenchemploierAlternative form of emploiier
7Latinimplicō—
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →