Etymology

routier

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Today it means: A French brigand of the 14th century. Full definition →

French routier ← Old French route
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromroute“company”
  2. French · derived fromroutier
  3. English todayroutier

From French routier, from Old French route (“company”); compare highwayman.

Words from the same roots

Frenchroutier all →

ruttier

Old Frenchroute all →

routerut

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.