Where does “s'en aller” come from?

s'en aller (French) comes from French en, from Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

s'en aller (French): to go away, to leave

Definitions

  1. to go away, to leave

Ancestry of “s'en aller”, step by step

s'en aller traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenin; to; by
2Middle Frenchenon; on to
3Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via French aller

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

via French se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchseThe third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct...
2Middle FrenchseThe third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct...
3Old Frenchsehimself; herself; itself
4Latinwithout
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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