Etymograph

English

journal

Journal comes from Anglo-Norman jurnal ‘daily’, from Old French jornel ‘day’, and ultimately from Latin diūs.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiūs
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiurnus‘of the day’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiurnālis‘diurnal’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400jornel‘day’
  5. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400jurnal‘daily’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500journal
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1590same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiūs
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiurnus‘of the day’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiurnālis‘diurnal’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400jornel‘day’
  5. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400jurnal‘daily’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500journal
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1590same form

Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book I, Canto XI: “[…]his faint ſteedes watred in Ocean deepe, / Whiles…”

Linked words

pairs

  • journal and dismal both from Latin diēs

through Latin diurnus ‘of the day’

sojourn, 3 more

through Latin diurnālis ‘diurnal’

diurnal, 2 more

Another origin of journal

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dyew-‘sky, heaven’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dyḗws‘heaven, sky’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*djēmreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccusative
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiēs‘day’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiurnus‘of the day’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiurnālis‘diurnal’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400journal‘daily’
  9. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘that is relative to each day’
  10. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin diūs / journal

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