Where does “employest” come from?
employest (English) comes from English employ, from French emploi, from French employer, from Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
employest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...
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- second-person singular simple present form of...
Ancestry of “employest”, step by step
employest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English employ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | employ | The state of being an employee; employment; The... |
| 2 | French | emploi | job; employment; use; need |
| 3 | French | employer | to employ |
| 4 | Middle French | employer | to employ; to use; to make use of |
| 5 | Old French | emploier | Alternative form of emploiier |
| 6 | Latin | implicō | to entangle, entwine |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Est
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Est | established |
| 2 | Middle English | este | grace, est, favour; pleasure, enjoyment, fun;... |
| 3 | Old English | ēst | will, consent, favour, grace, liberality,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ansti | favour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | anstiz | favour, affection |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | unnaną | to grant, bestow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ān- | to notice; face, mouth |