Etymology of the English word route
the English word
routederived from the Old French word
routederived from the Vulgar Latin word
ruptaderived from the Latin word
ruptusderived from the Late Latin word
rumpere (break; destroy)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*reup-derived from the Old French word
rutederived from the Vulgar Latin word
ruptaderived from the Latin word
ruptusderived from the Late Latin word
rumpere (break; destroy)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*reup-Date
The earliest known usage of route in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
routeman,
routing,
routCognates
Dutch
route, French
route, German
Route, Norwegian
rute, Spanish
ruta, Swedish
ruttUsage
Word found in Middle English, Modern English
