Where does “employing” come from?
Employing derives from Middle French employer, from Latin implicare meaning to involve or engage, ultimately from the Latin prefix in.
employing (English): present participle of employ
Definitions
- present participle of employ
Ancestry of “employing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |