sojourn English · revision 834

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsɒd͡ʒən/, /ˈsɒd͡ʒɜːn/ ''(UK)''; /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn/, /soʊˈd͡ʒɝn/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The verb is [[inh|enm|sojournen]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|sojorner|t=to stay or dwell for a time]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) also Anglo-French ''sujurner'',^(MW Collegiate) [[der|la-vul|*subdiurnāre|t=to spend the day]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) [[af|la|sub-|diurnum|t1=under, until, during|t2=day]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) Late Latin ''diurnum'' is from ''diurnus'' “of a day”, from ''diēs'' “day”.^(AHD)^(Etymonline) Modern French ''séjourner'' shows a dissimilated vowel, while English keeps the fuller first syllable, as in ''succour''.^(Etymonline)

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+ The noun is [[bor|xno|sujurn]], Old French ''sojorn'', from the verb.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ As a noun, a temporary stay in a place (c. 1250);^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995) as a verb, to stay for a time, to reside temporarily (c. 1290).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Middle English the verb could also mean to reside permanently,^(Etymonline) to tarry or delay (1377),^(OED 1989) to lodge or quarter horses (1390),^(OED 1989) and to be a lodger in another's house (1573), all now obsolete.^(OED 1989) The noun also meant a delay or digression (c. 1330) and a place of temporary stay (c. 1350).^(OED 1989) Figurative use, often in the language of faith for the soul's time on earth, is found by 1804.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1250 – noun, a temporary stay.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1290 – verb, to stay for a time.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1350 – a place of temporary stay.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1390 – to lodge; to quarter (horses) (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1804 – figuratively, life on earth.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A temporary stay; a brief period of [[residence]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To stay for a time in a place; to live temporarily, especially as a guest or [[lodger]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sojourner]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[journal]]

+ * [[journey]]

+ * [[diurnal]]

+ * [[adjourn]]

+ * [[day]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}