journal

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A book in which you write down your thoughts and daily experiences.

   She writes in her journal every night.

2. 2
   noun

   A serious magazine or newspaper about a particular subject.

   His research was published in a medical journal.

3. 3
   verb

   To write regularly about your thoughts and experiences.

   She journals to help manage her stress.

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Simplified etymology

Journal came through French jour from late Latin diurnalis, “belonging to a day.” In the Middle Ages it denoted a book listing the times of daily prayers; the sense “personal daily record” appeared in the early 17th century, followed by “daily newspaper” by the early 18th century.

From Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“daily”), from Old French jornel (“day”) (whence modern French journal), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”). Doublet of diurnal and the journal from French.

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