Where does “unemployability” come from?
unemployability (English) comes from English unemployable, from English employable, from English employ, from French emploi, from French employer, from Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicō — in.
unemployability (English): The state or condition of being unemployable
Definitions
- The state or condition of being unemployable
Ancestry of “unemployability”, step by step
unemployability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unemployable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unemployable | Not employable; An individual who is not suited... |
| 2 | English | employable | Able to be employed; A person who is fit for... |
| 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 |