Where does “autorouter” come from?

autorouter (English) comes from English router, from English route, from Middle English route, from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.

autorouter (English): A computer program that canautomatically route tracks on a circuit board

Definitions

  1. A computer program that canautomatically route tracks on a circuit board

Ancestry of “autorouter”, step by step

autorouter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English router

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrouterSomeone who routes or directs items from one...
2EnglishrouteA course or way which is traveled or passed; A...
3Middle Englishrouteroute; "a group of people"; the proper condition...
4Middle Frenchrouteroad; military defeat; retreat
5Old Frenchrouteroute
6Latinruptanominative feminine singular of ruptus;...
7Latinruptusbroken; ruptured, burst
8Latinrumpōto break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrunéptito be breaking
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewp-to break, tear
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrew-to tear out, dig out, open, acquire

via English auto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishautoClipping of automatic; An automobile; A setting...
2EnglishautomaticCapable of operating without external control or...
3Frenchautomatiqueautomatic
4Frenchautomateautomaton
5Ancient Greekαὐτόματονaccident, mere chance
6Ancient Greekαὐτόματοςself-willed, unbidden; self-moving,...
7Ancient Greekμέμααto wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire
8Ancient Greekμέμοναto be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmemóneto think, to be mindful; to remember
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hrew-