Etymology

journeyman

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Today it means: A tradesman who has completed an apprenticeship or equivalent educational path in a trade. Full definition →

Middle English jorneman ← Old French jornee
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromjornee“a day's work, a journey”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromjorneman
  3. English todayjourneyman

From Middle English jorneman; from journe (from Old French jornee (“a day's work, a journey”)) and mon; equivalent to journey + -man.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchjornee all →

journey

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.