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”).

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
day

Descendants

Middle English: journe, journee, journey, jorne, jornee, jorney, jornay, jornaye, gurnay, jurnei, jurnee
- English: journey
- Scots: jurney
French: journée

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