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RouteEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Borrowed from French Route, or a variant spelling of Routt.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗routeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta [via] (literally “a path made by force”). Compare Modern French route. See routine. Further via Latin ruptus related with bankrupt. Unrelated to road.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗routeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta [via] (literally “a path made by force”). Compare Modern French route. See routine. Further via Latin ruptus related with bankrupt. Unrelated to road.
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- RouteMiddle English · word_route_sb
Route, sb. a rout, overthrow, troop, throng, company, S2, PP, S3, C2, C3; rout, S2; rowtes, pl., S2; rute, a route, rut, way, path, SkD. Phr.: by rote, C2, C3, SkD; by roote, C.—AF. route, rute, a band of men, a way, OF.
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Route, v. to put to flight, Manip.; to assemble in a company, S2, C3.
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