Meaning

verb change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

verb follow a procedure or take a course

verb move away from a place into another direction

originFrom Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch gegaan (“gone”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0