古フランス語のjornel, day, a day's time, a day's workから、ラテン語のdiurnalis, a day'sから、語源はdailyと同じ。 d字からj字に綴りが変化したのは、ラテン語以降の時代、i字がj字に変化した結果、頭文字のd字が脱落したためではないかという学者もいる。語源は a day's work から a journal、a daily newspaper、a periodical、a day's news など。
英語の語源
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.
例文
1. A Wall Street Journal editorial encapsulated the views of many conservatives.『ウォールストリートジャーナル』の社説は、多くの保守派の人々の見方を概説している。
2.The publishers planned to produce the journal on a weekly basis.
出版者はこの定期刊行物を週刊誌にする計画だ。
3.In the post-war years her writing regularly appeared in The New Journal .
彼女の文章は戦後の数年間、「新日報」によく登場した。
4.On New Year 's Day in 1974、I started keeping a journal .
1974年元旦に日記をつけ始めました。
5.The Wall Street Journal uses 220000 metric tons of newsprint each year.