Journey
/ˈdʒɜːr.ni/noun
A trip from one place to another, especially a long or significant one.
Did you know?The word comes through Old French from a Latin root meaning “day,” so a journey was originally just what you could cover in one day’s travel.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dyew-
“to shine; sky, day”
Latin
Latin
diurnus
“of the day, daily”
Late Latin
Latin
diurnāta
“a day’s journey or day’s work”
Old French
Old French
jornee
“a day’s travel; a day’s time”
Middle English
English
journee
“a day’s journey; the course of a day”
Modern English
English
journey
“a trip from one place to another, especially a long one”