語源は不明だが、おそらく中英語のshoggen(振る、揺らす)から転用されたもので、語源はshockと同じ。後に語源が派生して、上下に振る、揺らす、馬を歩かせる、人間がジョギングする。
Jogging. The act of exercising, or working a horse to keep him in condition, or to prepare him for a race. There is no development in jogging, and it is wholly a preliminary exercise to bring the muscular organization to the point of sustained, determined action. [Samuel L. Boardman, "Handbook of the Turf," New York, 1910]Related: Jogged; jogging. As a noun from 1610s.