Where does “employeeless” come from?
employeeless (English) comes from English employée, from English employ, from French emploi, from French employer, from Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicō, from Latin īn- — in.
employeeless (English): Having no employees
Definitions
- Having no employees
Ancestry of “employeeless”, step by step
employeeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English employée
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | employée | A female employee |
| 2 | English | employ | The state of being an employee; employment; The... |
| 3 | French | emploi | job; employment; use; need |
| 4 | French | employer | to employ |
| 5 | Middle French | employer | to employ; to use; to make use of |
| 6 | Old French | emploier | Alternative form of emploiier |
| 7 | Latin | implicō | to entangle, entwine |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |