journal

Meanings

Noun

• A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
• A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
• A chronological record of payments.
• A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
• The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

Verb

• To archive or record something.
• To scrapbook.
• To insert (a shaft, etc.) in a journal bearing.

Adjective

• Daily.

Related

Similar words

• daybook, diary

Origin

• From Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal, from Old French jornel (French journal), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus, from diēs (whence also diary), from *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws ("heaven, sky"). diurnal and the journal#Etymology 2 from French. The sound change from Latin to French (‘diur’ to ‘jor’) is due to the ‘i’ changing to a ‘j’, followed by the ‘d’ being dropped; compare French jour.
• From French journal. diurnal and the journal#Etymology 1 from Middle English.