Where does “allure” come from?

allure (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.

allure (French): appearance, look; speed, pace; angle of a boat...

Definitions

  1. appearance, look; speed, pace; angle of a boat...

Ancestry of “allure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchallerto go
2Latinīre—
3Proto-ItaliceōI go
4Proto-Italicejō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “allure”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →
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