Etymology

self-promote

Today it means: To promote oneself; to present oneself to others in a favorable light. Full definition →

English self-promotionbf. ← Old French promocion ← Late Latin prōmotiō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  12. Proto-Italic*pro-
  13. Latinprō-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  16. Proto-Italic*moweō
  17. Latinmoveō
  18. Latinprōmoveō
  19. Late Latinprōmotiō
  20. Old Frenchpromocion
  21. Englishpromotion
  22. Englishself-promotionbf.
  23. English todayself-promote

Back-formation from self-promotion, equivalent to self- + promote.

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