Employee
/ɛmˈplɔɪ.iː/noun
A person hired to work for a company or organization.
Did you know?Employee and employ come from the same French root as implication, showing how a word for being ‘placed into use’ evolved into the modern world of labor and wages.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
plicāre
“to fold”
Late Latin
Latin
implicāre
“to entangle, involve”
Old French
Old French
employer
“to apply, use, engage”
Middle English
English
employen
“to use, make use of, engage in service”
18th Century
English
employee
“a person employed for wages”