éloigner

Meaning

  1. to remove
  2. to distance, to draw or pull away from
  3. (reflexive) to distance oneself, to pull oneself away from

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.lwa.ɲe/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French esloigner, from Old French esloignier, itself probably from loing, or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *exlongāre, from Latin longe.

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