Etymology

unpromotable

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Today it means: Not promotable. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  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. Latinprōmōtus
  20. Englishpromote
  21. Englishpromotable
  22. English todayunpromotable

From un- + promotable.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.