Where does “allure” come from?

allure (Dutch) comes from French allure, from French aller, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

allure (Dutch): air, pretension

Definitions

  1. air, pretension

Ancestry of “allure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchallureappearance, look; speed, pace; angle of a boat...
2Frenchallerto go
3Latinīre—
4Proto-ItaliceōI go
5Proto-Italicejō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →