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Where does “réemployer” come from?

réemployer (French) comes from French employer, from Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

réemployer (French): to reuse; to reemploy; to reinvest

Definitions

  1. to reuse; to reemploy; to reinvest

Ancestry of “réemployer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchemployerto employ
2Middle Frenchemployerto employ; to use; to make use of
3Old FrenchemploierAlternative form of emploiier
4Latinimplicō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →