journal

English

/ˈd͡ʒɝnəl/, /ˈd͡ʒɜːnəl/

noun
Definitions
  • A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
  • A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
  • (accounting) A chronological record of payments.
  • (computing) 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.
  • (engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

Etymology

Borrowed from jurnal (daily) derived from Old French jornel (day) derived from Latin diurnālis derived from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (sky, heaven, the bright one, sky god, daytime sky, sky-god), *dyew- (sky, shine, heaven, be bright, god, day).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dyew-

Gloss

sky, shine, heaven, be bright, god, day

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

日

Emoji
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