English Explanatory Dictionary

self-promote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To promote oneself; to present oneself to others in a favorable light.

Word forms

self-promote self-promotes self-promoting self-promoted

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- 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-der. 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 English self-promotionbf. English self-promote Back-formation from self-promotion, equivalent to self- + promote.

Related words

self-promoter self-promoting
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