Travels A1

  The origin of the word "travel" is most likely lost to history. The term "travel" may originate from the  Old French  word  travail , which means 'work'. [3]  According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word  travel  was in the 14th century. It also states that the word comes from Middle English  travailen ,  travelen  (which means to torment, labor, strive, journey) and earlier from Old French  travailler  (which means to work strenuously, toil). In English we still occasionally use the words "travail", which means struggle. According to Simon Winchester in his book  The Best Travelers' Tales (2004) , the words "travel" and "travail" both share an even more ancient root: a Roman instrument of torture called the  tripalium  (in Latin it means "three stakes", as in to impale). This link may reflect the extreme difficulty of travel in ancient times. Travel in modern times may or may not