Where does “aller” come from?

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

aller (French): to go

Definitions

  1. to go

Ancestry of “aller”, step by step

aller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin īre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīre—
2Proto-ItaliceōI go
3Proto-Italicejō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Middle French aller

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchallerto go
2Old Frenchalerto go
3Vulgar Latinalaresecond-person singular present passive...

Words derived from “aller”

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