English
employé
Employé comes from French employé.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentemployé
- Englishearliest quotation 1888same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentemployé
- Englishearliest quotation 1888same form
Earliest quotation: 1888, W. R. Carles, Life in Corea: “A very respectable employé assured me that as many…”
Every English word from French employé
Today it means
noun Dated spelling of employee.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French employé / employé