promote
/pɹəˈməʊt/pruh-MOHT
/pɹəˈmoʊt/pruh-MOHT
Meaningmoved forward
Common meaning: to raise in rank
Other meanings: to support
- proforward; forth
- moteto set in motionLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1168 · scan
‘forward’ + ‘to set in motion’ → promote
Journey through time
- Latinpromotus‘moved forward’source
- Englishpromote‘to raise in rank’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin moveō ‘to set in motion’.
Roots
- moveō, mōvī, mōtum Latin “to set in motion”
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