Etymology

prepromotion

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Today it means: Before a promotion. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  13. Proto-Italic*pro-
  14. Latinprō-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  17. Proto-Italic*moweō
  18. Latinmoveō
  19. Latinprōmoveō
  20. Late Latinprōmotiō
  21. Old Frenchpromocion
  22. Englishpromotion
  23. English todayprepromotion

From pre- + promotion.

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