Etymology

employee

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Today it means: A person who provides labor to a company or another person. Full definition →

French employé
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The story

  1. French · derived fromemployé
  2. English todayemployee

From employ + -ee. First attested in the early 19th century, possibly modeled after French employé.

Words from the same roots

Frenchemployé all →

employé

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