Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

promotable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
pro-motable
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be promoted; eligible for promotion.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? 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 Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English promotable From promote + -able.

Inflected Forms

more promotable (comparative) most promotable (superlative) promoteable (alternative)

Derived Forms

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Questions

What does promotable mean?
Able to be promoted; eligible for promotion.
Where does promotable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? 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 Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English promotable From promote + -able.

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