English
promote
Promote 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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmoveō‘move forward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmōtus‘propelled’perfect passive participle of prōmoveō
- Englishearliest quotation 1749promote
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmoveō‘move forward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmōtus‘propelled’perfect passive participle of prōmoveō
- Englishearliest quotation 1749promote
Earliest quotation: 1749, John Cleland, (Please specify the letter or volume): “so that finding myself on the point of going,…”
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, automobile, automotive, immobile, emotionless, 87 more
through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’
mobile, remove, auto, emotional, motor, mobility, emotion, remote, motive, mobilization, removable, motivate, mobilize, motif, mobilisation, mobilise, motility, motile, emote, 66 more
Today it means
verb To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / promote