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sojourn

[ noun soh-jurn; verb soh-jurn, soh-jurn ]

noun

  1. during his sojourn in Paris.

verb (used without object)

  1. to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily:

    to sojourn on the Riviera for two months.

    Synonyms: stop, rest, vacation, visit

/ ˈsʌdʒ-; ˈsɒdʒɜːn /

noun

verb

  1. intr to stay or reside temporarily

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Derived Forms

  • ˈsojourner, noun

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Other Words From

  • sojourn·er noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sojourn1

First recorded in

1200–50; Middle English verb sojurnen, Old French sojorner “to rest, stay,” from unattested Vulgar Latin subdiurnāre “to stay for a time,” a compound of the preposition and prefix sub, sub-, here meaning “a little, for a while” and the Latin verb diurnāre “to live for a long time,” a derivative of the Latin adjective diurnus “belonging to the daytime, occurring every day”; noun derivative of the verb; journey

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sojourn1

C13: from Old French sojorner, from Vulgar Latin subdiurnāre (unattested) to spend a day, from Latin sub- during + Late Latin diurnum day