Question

The word “Journal” is derived from the French word ________. *​

Answer 1

Answer:

Journal comes from an Old French word which meant daily (jour being the French word for day, as in soup du jour, or “soup of the day”).

Answer 2

The word "Journal" is derived from the French word Jurnal.

What is the meaning of the word Journal?

• It is the record in which all the financial transaction is recorded for future purposes
• In this record, the transaction is recorded in the double-entry method of bookkeeping but sometimes single-entry method is also uses
• The record of the transaction is transferred in different accounts like Reconciling accounts
• It is made for business purposes in which all the expenses and incomes are recorded