English
employee
From employ + -ee.
Formed from employ + -ee
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’
Latin plicō ‘to fold’
Latin implicō ‘to infold, entangle, involve, engage’
Anglo-Norman emploier
Middle English emploien
English employ
first attested First attested in the early 19th century (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in the early 19th century, possibly modeled after French employé.
Today it means
noun A person who provides labor to a company or another person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / employee