Etymology

journey

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Today it means: A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage. Full definition →

Middle English journe ← Old French jornee ← Vulgar Latin *diurnāta
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journey · noun, verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromdiurnus
  2. Late Latin · derived fromdiurnum
  3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*diurnāta
  4. Old French · derived fromjornee
  5. Middle English · inherited fromjourne
  6. English todayjourney

From Middle English journe, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from diēs (“day”). Displaced native Old English fær and Old English faru.

journey · noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromjournée
  2. English todayjourney

Reborrowing from French journée (day's activities), originally an unadapted borrowing from French journée, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.

Journey · proper noun3

From journey at the end of the 20th century.

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