Where does “self-employment” come from?
self-employment (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.
self-employment (English): Working for oneself, as being an independent...
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- Working for oneself, as being an independent...
Ancestry of “self-employment”, step by step
| 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 |