From Old French 'jornee,' from Latin 'diurnum' (daily) — originally 'a day's travel' in a world measured by walking days.
An act of traveling from one place to another, especially over a long distance.
From Old French journée (a day, a day's travel, a day's work, a day's battle), from jorn (day), from Vulgar Latin *diurnum (of the day), from Latin diurnus (daily), from diēs (day). The PIE root is *dyew- (to shine, sky, day), one of the most important roots in the language family, underlying the names of sky-gods across Indo-European: Sanskrit Dyaus Pitā (Sky Father), Greek Zeus and Theos, Latin Iūpiter (Diēspiter, Father Day-Sky), Old Norse Týr, Old English Tīw (giving Tuesday). Journey originally meant a day's travel — the distance coverable in
A 'journeyman' is not a man who journeys — it is a craftsman who has completed an apprenticeship and earns wages by the day (from French 'journée,' a day). The word preserves the original 'day' meaning that 'journey' itself has lost. Similarly, 'journal' is a daily record, and 'adjourn' means to