journey
English
/ˈd͡ʒɝni/, /ˈd͡ʒɜːni/
noun
Definitions
- A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
- (metaphorical) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
- (obsolete) A day.
- (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
- (obsolete) A day's work.
- The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
- (collective) A group of giraffes.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English journe derived from Old French jornee (a day's work, a journey) derived from Latin diurnata, diurnus (daily, of non-gloss definition).
Origin
Latin
diurnus
Gloss
daily, of non-gloss definition
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- journeyer English
- journeyest English
- journeyeth English
- journeying English
- journeylike English
- journeyman English
- journeymanship English
- journeyperson English
- journeywoman English
- journeywork English
- microjourney English
- person English
- woman English
- work English
- diurnata Latin
- diurnus Latin
- diurnālis Latin
- diurnāta Latin
- diēs Latin
- diū Latin
- diūs Latin
- diurno Italian
- giornata Italian
- giorno Italian
- diurne French
- jour French
- journée French
- diurno Spanish, Castilian
- jornada Spanish, Castilian
- diurno Portuguese
- jorneman Middle English
- jorneyen Middle English
- journe Middle English
- journee Middle English
- journeier Middle English
- journeyinge Middle English
- diurnalis Old Norse
- enjornee Old French
- jor Old French
- jornee Old French
- diúrno Galician
- journaïe Norman
- journée Norman
- jornada Old Occitan
- jonnu Sicilian
- jor Bourguignon
- juorno Neapolitan
- zurnada Istriot