Where does “empleo” come from?

empleo (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.

empleo (Spanish): job, employment

Definitions

  1. job, employment

Ancestry of “empleo”, 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 “empleo”

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