Etymology

disemploy

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Today it means: To deprive of employment. Full definition →

English employ ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Englishemploy
  11. English todaydisemploy

From dis- + employ.

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