Where does “funemployment” come from?
funemployment (English) comes from English unemployment, from English employment, from English employ, from French emploi, from French employer, from Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicō — in.
funemployment (English): A period of unemployment spent pursuing...
Definitions
- A period of unemployment spent pursuing...
Ancestry of “funemployment”, step by step
funemployment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unemployment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unemployment | The state of having no job; joblessness; The... |
| 2 | English | employment | The work or occupation for which one is used, and... |
| 3 | English | employ | The state of being an employee; employment; The... |
| 4 | French | emploi | job; employment; use; need |
| 5 | French | employer | to employ |
| 6 | Middle French | employer | to employ; to use; to make use of |
| 7 | Old French | emploier | Alternative form of emploiier |
| 8 | Latin | implicō | to entangle, entwine |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |