Etymology

journal

jour·nal
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Today it means: A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook. Full definition →

Middle English journal ← Anglo-Norman jurnal ← Old French jornel
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journal · noun, verb, adjective1

  1. Latin · derived fromdiurnālis
  2. Old French · derived fromjornel“day”
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromjurnal“daily”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromjournal
  5. English todayjournal

From Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“daily”), from Old French jornel (“day”) (whence modern French journal), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”). Doublet of diurnal and the journal from French.

journal · noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromjournal
  2. English todayjournal

From French journal. Doublet of diurnal and the journal from Middle English.

journal · noun, verb3

Unknown, apparently of Scots origin. Perhaps from chirnel, from English kernel (“lump in the flesh”), owing to resemblance in shape.

Words from the same roots

Latindiurnālis all →

diurnal

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