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Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Latin prōmoveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Late Latin prōmotiōder.

Old French promocionbor.

Middle English

English promotion

Late Middle English, from Old French promocion, from Late Latin prōmotiō, from Latin prōmoveō (“to move forward”). Equivalent to promote + -ion.

countable, uncountable An advancement in rank or position. I'll have to give myself a promotion!
countable, uncountable Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity. the promotion of the idea of global warming in schools
countable, uncountable An event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand. The price cut is serving as a promotion of the manufacturer's new beverage varieties.
countable, uncountable Transformation of a pawn into a piece (by reaching the opponent's back rank).
countable, uncountable Forward motion. (Contrast remotion.) By simple promotion and remotion, assisted by some flexure and extension, the distal spines of each would reach and scratch the substratum and, on remotion, sweep coarse particles posteriorly and dorsally.