Where does “empleado” come from?

empleado (Spanish) comes from Spanish emplear, from Old French emploiier, from Latin implicō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

empleado (Spanish): employed; employee

Definitions

  1. employed; employee

Ancestry of “empleado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishemplearto hire; to use
2Old Frenchemploiierto fold on itself; to use; to make use of
3Latinimplicōto entangle, entwine
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “empleado”

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