Where does “routing” come from?
Routing derives from English route, which comes from English root, ultimately tracing back through English rout and English root in a cyclical etymological pattern.
routing (English): A method of finding paths from origins to...
Definitions
- A method of finding paths from origins to...
Ancestry of “routing”, step by step
routing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rout
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rout | A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in... |
| 2 | Middle English | rout | — |
| 3 | Middle English | routen | To make a loud noise; To sleep; To rush forward;... |
| 4 | Middle English | route | route; "a group of people"; the proper condition... |
| 5 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 6 | Old French | route | route |
| 7 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 8 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 9 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |