journey

Etymology

From Middle English journe, jorney, from Old French jornee, from Medieval Latin diurnata (“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus (“daily”), from diēs (“day”). Displaced native Old English færeld.

noun

1. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
   The journey to London takes two hours by train.
2. (figurative) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
   the journey to political freedom
   my journey of dealing with grief
   Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 2017-04-27, page 171
3. (obsolete) A day.
4. (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
5. (obsolete) A day's work.
6. The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
7. (collective, colloquial) A group of giraffes.

verb

1. To travel, to make a trip or voyage.