English
jayrun
Blend of jaywalk + run.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- ‘to boil, churn’
Proto-Germanic *rinnaną ‘to run’
Old English rinnan ‘to run’
Middle English rinnen ‘to run’
Middle English runnen ‘to run’
English run
The story
Attested since the 20th century.
Today it means
verb To rapidly jaywalk (“violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing; to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jayrun