Where does “underemployment” come from?
Underemployment comes from English employ plus the suffix -ment, derived from Middle French employer, Latin implicare meaning "to involve or engage," and Latin in- meaning "in."
underemployment (English): The condition of being underemployed
Definitions
- The condition of being underemployed
Ancestry of “underemployment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |