Meaning

noun a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

noun a periodical dedicated to a particular subject

noun a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

originFrom Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“daily”), from Old French jornel (“day”) (whence modern French journal), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”). Doublet of diurnal and the journal from French.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0