Paths
/pɑːðz/ or /pæθs/noun
Plural of path, meaning routes or tracks followed from one place to another.
Did you know?Path is linked through a debated Indo-European root with Greek pontos, meaning “sea” or “route,” and Latin pons, meaning “bridge”—all imagining travel across barriers.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*penth-
“A reconstructed root associated with going, passing, or finding a way; its exact reconstruction is debated.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*paþa-
“A track or route; the ancestral Germanic form from which path developed.”
Old English
Old English
pæþ
“A path, track, or way for walking.”
Middle English
Middle English
path
“A footway, track, or route.”
Modern English
English
path
“A way or track leading from one place to another.”
Modern English
English
paths
“The plural form, referring to multiple routes or tracks.”