jornee

Middle English

Noun

jornee

1. Alternative form of journe

Old French

Alternative forms

• jurnee

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuɾˈneːə/

Noun

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

1. day, daytime
2. day of battle
3. appointed day
4. a day's journey
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Chascun jor firent grant jornee

5. a day's work
6. a day's sitting
7. 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
• → Venetan: 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