Etymograph

English

copromote

Copromote comes from Latin prōmōtus ‘propelled, advanced’, from moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmoveō‘to move forward, cause to advance, push onward, propel, advance’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmōtus‘propelled, advanced’
  7. English1500–presentpromote
  8. Englishtodaycopromote

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmoveō‘to move forward, cause to advance, push onward, propel, advance’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmōtus‘propelled, advanced’
  7. English1500–presentpromote
  8. Englishtodaycopromote

A compound of co- + promote

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’

Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’

Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’

English co-

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

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Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

Latin moveō ‘to move’

Latin prōmoveō ‘move forward’

Latin prōmōtus ‘propelled’

English promote

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

motion, remover, 82 more

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

movement, mover, 83 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

move, momentum, automobile, automotive, immobile, emotionless, 85 more

through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’

mobile, remove, auto, emotional, motor, mobility, remote, emotion, motive, mobilization, removable, motivate, mobilize, motif, mobilisation, mobilise, motility, motile, emote, 64 more

through Latin prōmoveō ‘to move forward, cause to advance, push…’

promotion, 12 more

through English promote

promoter, 9 more

Today it means

verb To promote (a pharmaceutical product) under the same name and in the same territory by more than one company in order to maximize market share.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / copromote

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