jornee
Middle English
Noun
jornee
- Alternative form of journe
Old French
Alternative forms
- jurnee
Etymology
jor + -ee, literally "the amount that can be contained in a day", or from Medieval Latin diurnata (“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus (“daily”), from diēs (“day”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒurˈnɛ.ə/
Noun
jornee f (oblique plural jornees, nominative singular jornee, nominative plural jornees)
- journey
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Chascun jor firent grant jornee
- Each day they made a great journey
- Chascun jor firent grant jornee
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- day
Descendants
- Middle English: journe, journee, journey, jorne, jornee, jorney, jornay, jornaye, gurnay, jurnei, jurnee
- English: journey
- Scots: jurney
- French: journée
- Cornish: jorna