Where does “aller voir ailleurs” come from?

aller voir ailleurs (French) comes 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.

aller voir ailleurs (French): to look for another sexual partner; to cheat on one's partner, to have an affair, to engage in an extramarital relationship

Definitions

  1. to look for another sexual partner; to cheat on one's partner, to have an affair, to engage in an extramarital relationship

Ancestry of “aller voir ailleurs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchallerto go
2Latinīre—
3Proto-ItaliceōI go
4Proto-Italicejō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →