n.
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French sujurner, sejurner, from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnare, from Latin sub under, during + Late Latin diurnum day ― more at UP , JOURNEY
Date: 14th century
: to stay as a temporary resident : STOP < sojourn ed for a month at a resort>
– so · journ · er noun