Where does “art journal” come from?

art journal (English) comes from English journal, from Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal, from Dutch journaal, from French journal, from Old French journal, from Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus — to be bright; sky, heaven.

art journal (English): A collection of words and images in a diary that...

Definitions

  1. A collection of words and images in a diary that...

Ancestry of “art journal”, step by step

art journal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English journal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjournalA diary or daily record of a person,...
2Middle Englishjournal
3Anglo-Normanjurnaldaily
4Dutchjournaala TV or radio news program; a logbook of a ship;...
5FrenchjournalThat is relative to each day; journal; diary,...
6Old Frenchjournaldaily
7Latindiurnālisdiurnal of the day; that takes place during the day
8Latindiurnusof the day; daily; day
9LatindiēsA day, particularly
10Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
11Proto-Italic*djous
12Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
13Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
14Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via English Art

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishArtThe conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium
2Middle EnglishartSecond-person singular present indicative form of...
3Old Frenchartart (skill; practice; method)
4Latinartemaccusative singular of ars; first-person singular...
5Latinarsart; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power
6Proto-Italicartis
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂értisfitting
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyéwsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws