Where does “e-journal” come from?

e-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.

e-journal (English): electronic journal, an academic journal published...

Definitions

  1. electronic journal, an academic journal published...

Ancestry of “e-journal”, step by step

e-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 E

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEThe ordinal number fifth, derived from this...
2Old EnglishE
3LatinEScribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae
4Etruscan𐌄
5Ancient GreekεLower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll
6Phoenician𐤄that
7Egyptian𓀠
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew-
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