Where does “router” come from?
Router comes from English rout, a verb meaning to dig or force out, ultimately from English root meaning the base or lower part of something.
router (English): Someone who routes or directs items from one...
Definitions
- Someone who routes or directs items from one...
Ancestry of “router”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | route | A course or way which is traveled or passed; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | route | route; "a group of people"; the proper condition... |
| 3 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 4 | Old French | route | route |
| 5 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 6 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 7 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |