English
promotability
Promotability comes from Latin prōmōtus ‘propelled, advanced’, from moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmoveō‘to move forward, cause to advance, push onward, propel, advance’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmōtus‘propelled, advanced’
- English1500–presentpromote
- Englishtodaypromotability
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmoveō‘to move forward, cause to advance, push onward, propel, advance’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmōtus‘propelled, advanced’
- English1500–presentpromote
- Englishtodaypromotability
A compound of promote + -ability
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’
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
move, momentum, automotive, automobile, immobile, emotionless, 87 more
through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’
remove, auto, mobile, emotional, motor, remote, emotion, motive, motivate, mobility, motif, removable, mobilization, mobilize, mobilisation, emote, mobilise, motility, motile, 66 more
Today it means
noun The ability to be promoted (in any sense).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / promotability