ROUTE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rute, from Vulgar Latin *rupta (via), literally, broken way, from Latin rupta, feminine of ruptus, past participle Date: 13th century 1. a traveled way ; highway , a means of access ; channel , a line of travel ; course , 3. an established or selected course of travel or action, an assigned territory to be systematically covered , II. transitive verb (~d; routing) Date: 1832 to send by a selected ~ ; direct , to divert in a specified direction