Where does “employer” come from?

employer (Middle French) comes 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 (Middle French): to employ; to use; to make use of

Definitions

  1. to employ; to use; to make use of

Ancestry of “employer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchemploierAlternative form of emploiier
2Latinimplicōto entangle, entwine
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “employer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →