English
secondee
From second (“to transfer (someone) temporarily to alternative employment”, verb) + -ee (suffix forming terms meaning persons or things that actions are done to).
Formed from second ‘to transfer (someone) temporarily to…’ + -ee
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
Proto-Italic *sekʷondo-
Latin secundus ‘following’
Old French second
Middle English secunde
English second
The story
From second (“to transfer (someone) temporarily to alternative employment”, verb) + -ee (suffix forming terms meaning persons or things that actions are done to).
Today it means
noun A person who is seconded (“transferred temporarily to alternative employment”). .
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / secondee