Where does “empleomania” come from?
empleomania (English) comes from Spanish empleomanía, from Spanish empleo, from Spanish emplear, from Old French emploiier, from Latin implicō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
empleomania (English): The desire to obtain a government job
Definitions
- The desire to obtain a government job
Ancestry of “empleomania”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | empleomanía | desire to be a civil servant |
| 2 | Spanish | empleo | job, employment |
| 3 | Spanish | emplear | to hire; to use |
| 4 | Old French | emploiier | to fold on itself; to use; to make use of |
| 5 | Latin | implicō | to entangle, entwine |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |