Etymograph

English

promotor

Promotor 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. Englishtodaypromotor

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. Englishtodaypromotor

A compound of promote + -or

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, 85 more

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

movement, mover, 86 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

move, momentum, automobile, automotive, immobile, emotionless, 88 more

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

mobile, remove, emotional, auto, remote, mobility, emotion, motive, motivate, mobilization, removable, mobilize, motif, mobilisation, mobilise, motility, emote, motile, 67 more

Today it means

noun A full professor of a Dutch, Flemish, South African, or German university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research.

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

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