Where does “routerless” come from?
routerless (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.
routerless (English): Without a router
Ancestry of “routerless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | router | Someone who routes or directs items from one... |
| 2 | English | route | A course or way which is traveled or passed; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | route | route; "a group of people"; the proper condition... |
| 4 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 5 | Old French | route | route |
| 6 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 7 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 8 | Latin | rumpō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |