Destination
/ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən/noun
The place to which someone or something is going or sent.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Latin *destinare*, meaning “to make firm, establish, determine,” so its oldest sense is about being set in place, not travel.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sta-
“to stand, make firm”
Latin
Latin
destinare
“to make firm, establish, determine”
Late Latin
Latin
destinationem
“a determining, appointing”
Old French
Old French
destination
“appointment, purpose, allocation”
14th–15th Century
English
destination
“the act of appointing or determining; later, a place appointed for arrival”
Modern English
English
destination
“the place to which someone or something is going”