Where does “nonemployment” come from?
nonemployment (English) comes from English employment, from English employ, from French emploi, from French employer, from Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicō, from Latin īn- — in.
nonemployment (English): unemployment; Not of or pertaining to employment
Definitions
- unemployment; Not of or pertaining to employment
Ancestry of “nonemployment”, step by step
nonemployment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English employment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | employment | The work or occupation for which one is used, and... |
| 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 |