journey

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An act of travelling from one place to another, especially over a long distance.

   The journey to London takes two hours by train.

2. 2
   noun

   A process of change or personal development over time.

   Learning a language is a long journey.

3. 3
   verb

   To travel, especially over a long distance.

   They journeyed across the desert for weeks.

From Middle English journe, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from diēs (“day”). Displaced native Old English fær and Old English faru.

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