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Where does “unemployableness” come from?

unemployableness (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.

unemployableness (English): Unemployability

Definitions

  1. Unemployability

Ancestry of “unemployableness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunemployableNot employable; An individual who is not suited...
2EnglishemployableAble to be employed; A person who is fit for...
3EnglishemployThe state of being an employee; employment; The...
4Frenchemploijob; employment; use; need
5Frenchemployerto employ
6Middle Frenchemployerto employ; to use; to make use of
7Old FrenchemploierAlternative form of emploiier
8Latinimplicō—
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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