Where does “sojourner” come from?
Sojourner comes from English sojourn, Old French -er (agent suffix), Latin -are (infinitive marker), Latin -arius (agent suffix meaning "one who"), and Latin dies meaning "day."
sojourner (English): A person who resides temporarily in a place
Definitions
- A person who resides temporarily in a place
Ancestry of “sojourner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sojourn | A short stay somewhere; A temporary residence; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | sojourne | — |
| 3 | Old French | sojor | time spent in a given place; rest; recuperation |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | subdiurnare | — |
| 5 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 6 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |