Route
/ruːt/noun
A road, path, or course taken to get from one place to another.
Did you know?“Route” comes through French from Latin *via rupta*, a “broken road,” originally a way cut through obstacles rather than a mystical path.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
(via) rupta
“a broken (road), a way broken through”
Late Latin
Latin
ruta
“road, route”
Old French
Old French
route
“road, way, path”
Middle English
English
route
“a road or course taken”
Modern English
English
route
“a path or course for travel or movement”