journey

Definition

A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.

Etymology

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.

Example Sentences

• "The journey to London takes two hours by train."
• "“Don't set out on a journey using someone else's donkey.” ~ African proverb"
• "Or is it, that when human Souls a journey long have had, / And are returned into themselves, they cannot be but sad?"

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