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sojourn

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so⋅journ

  [n. soh-jurn; v. soh-jurn, soh-jurn]
–noun
1. a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
–verb (used without object)
2. to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily: to sojourn on the Riviera for two months.
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Origin:
1200–50; (v.) ME sojurnen < OF sojorner to rest, stay < VL *subdiurnāre, equiv. to L sub- sub- + diurn(us) of a day + -āre inf. suffix; (n.) ME sojurne < OF sojorn, deriv. of the v.; see journey

Related forms:
so⋅journ⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. visit, vacation, rest, stop.
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so·journ   (sō'jûrn', sō-jûrn')   
intr.v.   so·journed, so·journ·ing, so·journs
To reside temporarily. See Synonyms at stay1.
n.  A temporary stay; a brief period of residence.

[Middle English sojournen, from Old French sojorner, from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre : Latin sub-, sub- + Late Latin diurnum, day (from Latin, daily ration, from neuter of diurnus, daily, from diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots).]
so'journ'er n.
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Word Origin & History

sojourn 
c.1290, from O.Fr. sojorner "stay or dwell for a time," from V.L. *subdiurnare "to spend the day," from L. sub- "under, until" + diurnus "of a day," from diurnum "day" (see diurnal). Fr. séjourner formed via vowel dissimilation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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