Where does “route” come from?
Route comes from Middle English route, from Middle French route, from Latin rupta, the feminine past participle of rumpere meaning to break or burst.
route (English): A course or way which is traveled or passed; A...
Definitions
- A course or way which is traveled or passed; A...
Ancestry of “route”, step by step
route traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English route
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | route | route; "a group of people"; the proper condition... |
| 2 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 3 | Old French | route | route |
| 4 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 5 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 6 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |