Etymology

promotion

pro·mo·tion
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Today it means: An advancement in rank or position. Full definition →

Old French promocion ← Late Latin prōmotiō ← Latin prōmoveō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  5. Proto-Italic*pro-
  6. Latinprō-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  9. Proto-Italic*moweō
  10. Latinmoveō
  11. Latinprōmoveō
  12. Late Latinprōmotiō
  13. Old Frenchpromocion
  14. English todaypromotion

Late Middle English, from Old French promocion, from Late Latin prōmotiō, from Latin prōmoveō (“to move forward”). Equivalent to promote + -ion.

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