sojourn

Meanings

Noun

• A short stay somewhere.
• A temporary residence.

Verb

• To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.

Related

Similar words

• abode#Noun

Origin

• From Middle English sojourne and sojournen, from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- ("under, a little over") + Late Latin diurnus ("lasting for a day"), from Latin dies ("day").