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sojourn

The origin and history of sojourn.

Etymology

Came into English from Middle English sojourne (the noun) and sojournen (the verb), from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from an assumed Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) and Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), itself from Latin dies (“day”).

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