sojourn
Pronunciation: /ˈsɒd͡ʒən/
The English word “sojourn” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
verb
- To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
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”).
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