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What is the etymology of this word? Use your dictionary if necessary. employ

a. Greek enploio
b. Greek enplicos
c. Latin enplogia
d. Latin implicare

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d. Latin implicare

Employ would be in the modern dictionary, which is why I chose d.
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The etymology of the word "employ" is "d. Latin implicare," since in Latin "implicare" means to "be involved with" or "attached to," which is how it reached its modern definition.
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