Where does “employer” come from?
employer (French) comes from Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
employer (French): to employ
Definitions
- to employ
Ancestry of “employer”, step by step
employer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French employer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | employer | to employ; to use; to make use of |
| 2 | Old French | emploier | Alternative form of emploiier |
| 3 | Latin | implicō | to entangle, entwine |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |