Where does “underrecruitment” come from?
underrecruitment (English) comes from English recruitment, from English recruit, from French recruter, from German Rekrut, from French recreute, from French recrue, from Old French recreu, from Old French recreistre.
underrecruitment (English): The recruitment of too few people
Definitions
- The recruitment of too few people
Ancestry of “underrecruitment”, step by step
underrecruitment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recruitment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recruitment | The process or art of finding candidates for a... |
| 2 | English | recruit | A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a... |
| 3 | French | recruter | to recruit |
| 4 | German | Rekrut | recruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the... |
| 5 | French | recreute | — |
| 6 | French | recrue | recruit |
| 7 | Old French | recreu | — |
| 8 | Old French | recreistre | — |