Etymograph

English

promotable

Promotable 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 2007promotable

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 2007promotable

Earliest quotation: 2007, Bill Carter, Fictional Characters Get Virtual Lives, Too: “My job is to bring as many people to…”

A compound of promote + -able

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, 84 more

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

movement, mover, 85 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

move, momentum, automobile, automotive, immobile, emotionless, 87 more

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

remove, mobile, auto, emotional, motor, remote, mobility, emotion, motive, motivate, mobilization, motif, mobilize, removable, mobilisation, mobilise, motility, emote, motile, 66 more

Today it means

adj Able to be promoted; eligible for promotion.

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

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

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