English Explanatory Dictionary

underpromote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To promote inadequately.
  2. To promote (a pawn that has crossed the board) to a less powerful piece than a queen, which is sometimes strategically useful.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underpromote.wav

Word forms

underpromote underpromotes underpromoting underpromoted

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- 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 Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote English underpromote From under- + promote.

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