Etymology

postpromotion

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Today it means: After a promotion. Full definition →

English promotion ← Old French promocion ← Late Latin prōmotiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  11. Proto-Italic*pro-
  12. Latinprō-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  15. Proto-Italic*moweō
  16. Latinmoveō
  17. Latinprōmoveō
  18. Late Latinprōmotiō
  19. Old Frenchpromocion
  20. Englishpromotion
  21. English todaypostpromotion

From post- + promotion.

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