Where does “employment” come from?
Employment derives from Middle French emploiement, from employer meaning "to use or engage," ultimately from Latin implicare meaning "to involve or engage," combined with the Latin noun-forming suffix -mentum and the prefix in-.
employment (English): The work or occupation for which one is used, and...
Definitions
- The work or occupation for which one is used, and...
Ancestry of “employment”, step by step
| 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 |