diary

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A book in which you write down what happens to you each day and your private thoughts.

   My roommate found my diary and read it without my permission.

2. 2
   noun

   A book or app for noting appointments and things to do.

   Let me check my diary to see if I'm free on Friday.

3. 3
   verb

   To write regularly in a diary or journal.

   She has been diarying every evening since the new year.

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Simplified etymology

Diary, recorded in the late 16th century, ultimately derives from Latin dies, “day,” which is also the source of dial.

From Latin diārium (“a daily allowance for soldiers, in Late Latin also ‘diary’”), neuter of *diārius, from diēs (“a day”) (whence also journal). Cognate with Spanish diario (“daily; diary”).

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