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English word employ comes from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (to plait, to weave), and later Latin implicare (to infold, involve, engage) and Middle French employer (to employ, to use, to make use of)
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*pleḱ- (Proto-Indo-European)
plecto (Latin)
I plait, weave, braid. I twist, bend, turn I blame. I punish; I beat.
implicare (Latin)
to infold, involve, engage
emploiier (Old French)
(transitive) to fold (something) on itself. (transitive) to use; to make use of.
employer (Middle French)
To employ; to use; to make use of.
employ (English)
To hire (somebody for work or a job).. To make busy.. To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task). The state of being an employee; employment.