Etymograph

English

repromote

Repromote 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 2009repromote

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 2009repromote

Earliest quotation: 2009, William Safire, Rifacimento: “In the mid-’90s, Time Out magazine held that ‘‘remix…”

A compound of re- + promote

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

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, mobility, emotion, remote, motive, mobilization, motivate, mobilize, motif, 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 again or anew.

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

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

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