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Stéphane Gimenez
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What role is played by the "s'en" in s'envoler?

"Voler" means "to fly." And "en" means "in," while the s' is the reflexive.

Yet, "s'envoler" means to fly away, which is different from what I would expect, reading the above. (And google translate gives me "loin" for away, so I would expect that to appear somewhere in the expression.)

How does something like "s'envoler" or "fly in" become "fly away." Could this be a reference to something like "in flight?"

Tom Au
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