sojourn

Etymology

From Middle English sojourne (noun) and sojournen (verb), from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from Latin dies (“day”).

noun

1. A short stay somewhere.
   But if, as we have seen, Wu's ambivalent attitude toward the conventional route to success originated in his early appreciation of the idealistic virtues of his father, then it is possible that parts of the work could have been written much earlier, perhaps even during his sojourn with his father in Chiang-su. 1978, Timothy C. Wong, edited by William Schultz, Wu Ching-tzu, Twayne Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 30
   The use of vasoconstrictors to increase the sojourn of local anesthetics at the site of infiltration continues[…] 2006, Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy, page 1168
2. A temporary residence.

verb

1. (intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.