The confusion is likely because most people not knowing the difference would assume it to be a state-funded benefit like in other countries, rather than a simple insurance product.

And just as with the German Arbeitslosenversicherung, the Italian term you quote translates more accurately as job loss, the 'dis' prefix implying a changing state, whereas 'unemployment' could be taken by many to refer to any jobless scenario.

Just because Italian is derived from Latin, doesn't mean it's the same thing.

Actually, the 'un' implies previous employment.

Tom

Nothing to do with that, just the actual meaning of the word .
No, it doesn't. Think unused, as opposed to disused,.

Well, please show me any language anywhere that distinguishes never-employed from previously-employed.

Tom

English: "never-employed" and "previously-employed"

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