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promotio

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [proːˈmoː.ti.oː][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [proˈmɔt.t͡si.o][1]

Forms

prōmōtiō f (genitive prōmōtiōnis); third declension[1]

Etymology

It is from prōmoveō “to move forward, advance” with the suffix -tiō.[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's first source is the Historia Augusta (4th–5th century AD).[4] Lewis & Short call it post-classical.[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant advancement to office, promotion, preferment, as in the Historia Augusta, Firmicus and pseudo-Asconius.[2][5][6]

In Medieval Latin it meant advancement, progress, and promotion to a higher rank.[7] British Medieval Latin used it of an army's advance.[8] Through Old French promocion it gave English promotion about 1400, “advancement in rank”.[3]

Timeline

  • 4th–5th century AD – The Historia Augusta uses it.[4]
  • c. 1400 – English promotion is recorded.[3]

Meanings

Noun

  1. Advancement, promotion.[2]
  2. (Medieval Latin) Progress; an advance.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  4. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  5. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  6. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  7. ^ a b Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
  8. ^ a b Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press