Where does “itinerary” come from?

Itinerary comes from Latin itinerarius, meaning a traveler or guide for travelers, derived from itiner-, the stem of iter meaning journey or road.

itinerary (English): A written schedule of activities for a vacation...

Definitions

  1. A written schedule of activities for a vacation...

Ancestry of “itinerary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinitinerariuspertaining to a journey
2Latinitera route, "whether:"; a passage
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éy-he, this
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- →Every word from Latin iter →Every word from Latin itinerarius →