Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

promotor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
pro-mo-tor
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

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 *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English promotor From promote + -or.

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Questions

What does promotor mean?
A full professor of a Dutch, Flemish, South African, or German university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research.
Where does promotor 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 *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English promotor From promote + -or.

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