'destination' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'destinatio', where 'destinare' meant 'to appoint, determine'.

'destination' changed from Old French (Middle French) 'destination' and Middle English 'destinacioun' and eventually became the modern English word 'destination'.

Initially it meant 'an appointment or determination' (something decreed or fixed), but over time it evolved to the current primary meaning of 'a place to which someone or something is sent'.