Journeyman

Three or four years since, a paragraph went the round of the press, deriving the English word "journeyman" from the custom of travelling among work-men in Germany. This derivation is very doubtful. Is it not a relic of Norman rule, from the French *journée*, signifying a day-man? In support of this it may be observed, that the German name for the word in question if *Tagelöhner*, or day-worker. It is also well known, that down to a comparatively recent period, artisans and free labourers were paid daily.