jornee

Middle English

Noun

jornee

Alternative form of journe

Old French

Alternative forms

jurnee

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta. Documented from ca. 1150.[1] Derivable from jorn (“day”) +‎ -ee.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuɾˈneːə/

Noun

jornee oblique singular, f (oblique plural jornees, nominative singular jornee, nominative plural jornees)

day, daytime
day of battle
appointed day
a day's journey
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  Chascun jor firent grant jornee
a day's work
a day's sitting
sojourn

Descendants

French: journée
Norman: journée, journaïe
→ Cornish: jorna
→ Friulian: zornade
→ Istriot: zurnada
→ Italian: giornata [1230–50]
→ Medieval Latin: diurnāta [1144–67]
→ Middle English: journe
- English: journey
- Scots: jurney
→ Sicilian: jurnata
→ Venetian: zornada, xornada

References

“jor”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

jurnee on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

“journée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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