## Meanings
1. To help something develop or become more successful.
2. To give someone a more important job or higher rank.
3. To advertise a product or event to make it popular or sell it.

## Examples
- The campaign aims to promote healthy eating among children.
- After five years, she was promoted to manager.
- The band toured the country to promote their new album.

## Derived Forms
- co-promote
- copromote
- cross-promote
- depromote
- mispromote
- oncopromoting
- overpromote
- promotability
- promotable
- promoteability
- promotee
- promotement

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: prōmōtus
- Affix: pro- - forward

## Etymology
From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).

## AI Etymology
Promote comes from Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”). The historical chain includes *per- (Proto-Indo-European), prōmōtus (Latin). In present-day English it covers to help something develop or become more successful, to give someone a more important job or higher rank, and to advertise a product or event to make it popular or sell it. The wider family includes derived forms such as co-promote, copromote, cross-promote, depromote, mispromote.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Actions & Processes

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