route

/ˈrüt/

Middle English rute, route, borrowed from Anglo-French rute, going back to Vulgar Latin *rupta (short for *rupta via, literally, "broken way, forced passage," after Latin viam rumpere "to force a passage"), from feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere "to break, burst," going back to Indo-European *ru-n-p-, nasal present formation from the base *reu̯p- "break, tear"

noun

  1. a traveled way : highway

  2. a means of access : channel

  3. a line of travel : course

the main route north

the route to social mobility

verb

  1. to send by a selected route : direct

  2. to divert in a specified direction

was routed along the scenic shore road

noun

  1. a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat

  2. a disastrous defeat : debacle

  3. a precipitate flight