Etymology

promotional

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Today it means: Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English promotion ← Old French promocion
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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. Englishpromotion
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. English todaypromotional

From promotion + -al.

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