Etymograph

English

inoccupation

From in- + occupation.

Formed from in- + occupation

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘to seize, grab’

Latin occupō ‘occupy, seize’

Latin occupātiō ‘seizing, occupying’

Middle French occupacion

Middle English occupacioun

English occupation

Today it means

noun Lack of occupation (being busy); lack of something to do.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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