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Where does “empleador” come from?

empleador (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.

empleador (Spanish): employer

Definitions

  1. employer

Ancestry of “empleador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishemplearto hire; to use
2Old Frenchemploiierto fold on itself; to use; to make use of
3Latinimplicō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →