Etymograph

English

promotability

Promotability comes from Latin prōmōtus ‘propelled, advanced’, from moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-1‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō1‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō1‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmoveō1‘to move forward, cause to advance, push onward, propel, advance’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmōtus1‘propelled, advanced’
  7. English1500–presentpromote1
  8. Englishtodaypromotability1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English promotability

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, English promotability‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, English promotabilityreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, English promotability‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveōWiktionary, English promotability‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmoveōWiktionary, English promotability‘to move forward, cause to advance, push onward, propel, advance’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmōtusWiktionary, English promotability‘propelled, advanced’
  7. English1500–presentpromoteWiktionary, English promotability
  8. EnglishtodaypromotabilityWiktionary, English promotability

A compound of promote + -ability

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

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Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

Latin moveō ‘to move’

Latin prōmoveō ‘move forward’

Latin prōmōtus ‘propelled’

English promote

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

motion, remover, 84 more

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

movement, mover, 85 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

move, momentum, automotive, automobile, immobile, emotionless, 87 more

through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’

remove, auto, mobile, emotional, motor, remote, emotion, motive, motivate, mobility, motif, removable, mobilization, mobilize, mobilisation, emote, mobilise, motility, motile, 66 more

Today it means

noun The ability to be promoted (in any sense).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “promotability”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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