route
English
/ɹuːt/, /ɹuːt/, /ɹʉːt/, /ɹut/
noun
Definitions
- A course or way which is traveled or passed.
- A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
- A road or path; often specifically a highway.
- (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
- (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
- (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English route borrowed from Old French route derived from Latin ruptus, rupta (via) root from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (tear, break, peel, rip).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*Hrewp-
Gloss
tear, break, peel, rip
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Euroroute English
- misroute English
- nonroutable English
- nonrouted English
- preroute English
- reroutable English
- reroute English
- rerouter English
- routability English
- routable English
- routed English
- routeless English
- routelessness English
- routeman English
- router English
- routerless English
- routeway English
- routing English
- subroute English
- trace English
- traceroute English
- unroutable English
- unrouted English
- way English
- abruptus Latin
- corruptus Latin
- disruptus Latin
- eruptus Latin
- interruptus Latin
- irruptus Latin
- rupes Latin
- ruptio Latin
- ruptus, rupta (via) Latin
- ruptus, rupta via Latin
- rūpēs Latin
- Route German
- Router German
- rubacchiare Italian
- router Dutch, Flemish
- autoroute French
- dérouter French
- robe French
- routard French
- route French
- router French
- routier French
- router Spanish, Castilian
- ruta Spanish, Castilian
- *Hrewp- Proto-Indo-European
- *Hrunépti, *Hrumpénti Proto-Indo-European
- *reup- Proto-Indo-European
- *raubaz Proto-Germanic
- *raubą Proto-Germanic
- *raubō Proto-Germanic
- *reufaną Proto-Germanic
- ルーター Japanese
- ルート Japanese
- router Polish
- berēofan Old English
- route Middle English
- route Old French
- ruta Catalan, Valencian
- rută Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- route Norman
- corrupt Middle French
- route Middle French
- *raubōn gmw-pro
- 라우터 Korean
- rups Latgalian