sojourn

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdies“day”
2. Late Latin · derived fromdiurnus“lasting for a day”
3. Latin · derived fromsub-“under, a little over”
4. Vulgar Latin · derived from*subdiurnāre
5. Old French · derived fromsojor
6. Middle English · inherited fromsojourne
7. English todaysojourn

From Middle English sojourne (noun) and sojournen (verb), from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from Latin dies (“day”).

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