journal的词源

英文词源

journal (n.): mid-14c., "book of church services," from Anglo-French jurnal "a day," from Old French jornel, "day, time; day's work," noun use of adjective meaning "daily," from Late Latin diurnalis "daily" (see diurnal). Meaning "book for inventories and daily accounts" is late 15c.; that of "personal diary" is c. 1600, from a sense found in French. Meaning "daily publication" is from 1728. Initial -d- in Latin usually remains in French, but according to Brachet, when it is followed by an -iu-, the -i- becomes consonantized as a -j- "and eventually ejects the d." He also cites jusque from de-usque.

来自古法语jornel,天，一天时间，一天的工作，来自拉丁语diurnalis,一天的，词源同daily.部分学者认为其拼写变化由字母d到字母j可能是来自后拉丁语时期，字母i变成字母j后导致首字母d脱落造成的。词义由一天的工作引申日志，日报，期刊，一天的新闻等。

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词根词缀： -journ-一天(的工作量) + -al名词词尾 → “日报”的报社要把每天的工作量做完。