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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | journal | A diary or daily record of a person,... |
| 2 | Middle English | journal | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | jurnal | daily |
| 4 | Dutch | journaal | a TV or radio news program; a logbook of a ship;... |
| 5 | French | journal | That is relative to each day; journal; diary,... |
| 6 | Old French | journal | daily |
| 7 | Latin | diurnālis | diurnal of the day; that takes place during the day |
| 8 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 9 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | E | — |
| 3 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower 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 |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |