Etymology

promotor

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Today it means: A full professor of a Dutch, Flemish, South African, or German university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research. Full definition →

English promote ← Latin prōmōtus ← Proto-Italic *moweō
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The story

  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. Latinprōmōtus
  13. Englishpromote
  14. English todaypromotor

From promote + -or.

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