An excursion is a short trip made for fun, learning, or interest, often by a group of people. It usually lasts less than a day and is not far from home.
It comes from Latin 'excursio', meaning 'a running out, a raid', from 'excurrere' (to run out), from 'ex-' (out) and 'currere' (to run). The idea softened from a military raid to any brief journey outward.
An excursion is like a small adventure: you leave your usual path, explore, then return. School field trips are just the educational version of humanity’s ancient urge to 'run out and see what’s there.'
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