promotio Latin · revision 9157

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Historia Augusta|origins=la moveō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [proːˈmoː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [proˈmɔt.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōmōtiō''' ''f'' (genitive prōmōtiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[prōmoveō]] “to move forward, advance” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is the ''Historia Augusta'' (4th–5th century AD).^(Köbler 2010) Lewis & Short call it post-classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant advancement to office, promotion, preferment, as in the ''Historia Augusta'', Firmicus and pseudo-Asconius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant advancement, progress, and promotion to a higher rank.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of an army's advance.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''promocion'' it gave [[en|promotion]] about 1400, “advancement in rank”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4th–5th century AD – The ''Historia Augusta'' uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''promotion'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Advancement, [[m|en|promotion]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Progress; an advance.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōmoveō]]

+ * [[moveō]]

+ * [[en|promotion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}