Etymograph

English

overpromote

Overpromote 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. Englishearliest quotation 2009overpromote

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. Englishearliest quotation 2009overpromote

Earliest quotation: 2009, Alessandra Stanley, Farrah Fawcett, a Sex Symbol Who Aimed Higher: “NBC, never shy about exploiting a celebrity tragedy, overproduced…”

A compound of over- + promote

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over’

Proto-Germanic *uber ‘over’

English over-

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

…

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, auto, emotional, remove, motor, remote, mobility, emotion, motive, motivate, mobilization, motif, mobilize, removable, 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 excessively.

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

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

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