The story
- Old English · inherited frompæþ“path, track”
- Middle English · inherited frompath
- Old English · inherited fromhere“host, army”
- English todayherepath
From Old English here (“host, army”), and Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhere all →
HermanHerefordHerridge
Middle Englishpath all →
path
Old Englishpæþ all →
path
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.