late Middle English (formerly also as imploy): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari ‘be involved in or attached to’, passive form of implicare (see imply). In the 16th and 17th century the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate
中英語後期(かつては imploy とも綴った)。古フランス語 employer から。ラテン語 implicari「関わる、結び付く」(implicare の受動形。imply を参照)にもとづく。16〜17世紀にはラテン語から直接来た「包み込む、絡ませる」「暗示する」の意味もあった。implicate と比較。