Etymology

route

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Today it means: A course or way which is traveled or passed. Full definition →

Middle English route ← Old French route ← Latin rupta [via]
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route · noun, verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromrupta [via]
  2. Old French · derived fromroute
  3. Middle English · inherited fromroute
  4. English todayroute

From Middle English route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta [via] (literally “a path made by force”). Compare Modern French route. See routine. Further via Latin ruptus related with bankrupt. Unrelated to road.

Route · proper noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromRoute
  2. English todayRoute

Borrowed from French Route, or a variant spelling of Routt.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishroute all →

rut

Old Frenchroute all →

rutroutier

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