The term journeyman has its origins in the French word jour, which means day.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. It means journey
• D. It means work

Answer: (A)

The term journeyman centers on the idea of a day’s work. In medieval trades, a worker who had completed an apprenticeship was paid by the day for each job, earning the status of a journeyman. This connection to a day’s worth of work comes from Old French concepts related to the word for day (the French for day is jour, and related forms like journée mean a day’s work). So the statement is true because the origin is tied to the concept of a day of work, not to travel or a journey. The notion of a journey is a common misreading, and while there is a broader sense of work involved, the specific origin is day-focused.