route English · revision 3979

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1200|origins=la rumpere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ruːt/, US also /raʊt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|rute]], route,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|rute|t=road, way, path]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[la|rupta|t=broken]] (via) “(a road) opened by force”, cut through a forest,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) the feminine past participle of [[m|la|rumpere|t=to break]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The word fell out of use in the 15th century and was readopted in the 16th.^(Hoad 1986) It is related to [[rout]], [[rupture]] and [[routine]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ “A way, a road, space for passage”: about 1200 in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) before 1200 in the Ancrene Riwle according to Barnhart,^(Barnhart 1988) and before 1225 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A course or progression is from before 1333.^(Barnhart 1988) The customary path of animals is from the early 15th century,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) which led to a fixed course for carrying things, first postal, as in ''mail route'' (1792),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) later extended to deliveries of milk or newspapers (1841).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) In the army, the order to march is from 1751.^(OED 1989) According to the OED, the pronunciation rhyming with “stout” appeared in the early 19th century.^(Etymonline) The verb, of a railway ticket, is from 1890,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and of an electrical signal or telephone call by 1948.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1200 – a way, a road.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * early 15th century – a path of animals.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1751 – marching orders.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1792 – a mail route.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1841 – a delivery round.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1890 – verb.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1948 – to direct a signal.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A road, course or way for travel from one place to another.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A customary line of travel.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A fixed course or territory assigned to a delivery person or salesperson.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A means of reaching a goal.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+

+ ===Verb===

+ # To send by a particular route.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To schedule the order of a sequence of procedures.^(AHD)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[preroute]]

+ * [[routeman]]

+ * [[routeway]]

+ * [[misroute]]

+ * [[rutter]]

+ * [[reroute]]

+ * [[router]]

+ * [[routine]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rout]]

+ * [[rupture]]

+ * [[abrupt]]

+ * [[erupt]]

+ * [[bankrupt]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}