myEtymology.com: English etymology of unemployment

Etymology of the English word unemployment

the English word unemployment

derived from the English word un-

derived from the English word employment

derived from the English word employ

derived from the Old French word emploier

derived from the Latin word implicare ( be intimately associated, connected, related; entwine, enfold, envelop; implicate; involve, engage; interweave, interlace, intertwine; perplex, confuse, confound)

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Late Latin word plicare (to fold; fold , bend, flex; multiply by X , X-tuple; add together)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plek-

using the Latin prefix im-

derived from the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

using the English suffix -ment

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Etymology of the English word unemployment

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