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Where does “antiunemployment” come from?

antiunemployment (English) comes from English unemployment, from English employment, from English employ, from French emploi, from French employer, from Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicō — in.

antiunemployment (English): Opposing or countering unemployment

Definitions

  1. Opposing or countering unemployment

Ancestry of “antiunemployment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunemploymentThe state of having no job; joblessness; The...
2EnglishemploymentThe work or occupation for which one is used, and...
3EnglishemployThe state of being an employee; employment; The...
4Frenchemploijob; employment; use; need
5Frenchemployerto employ
6Middle Frenchemployerto employ; to use; to make use of
7Old FrenchemploierAlternative form of emploiier
8Latinimplicō—
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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