The definition of a route is a path for travel.
(noun)An example of a route is a path from Ronks, Pennsylvania to Mount Joy, Pennsylvania.
To route is defined as to create a path or to go on a path.
(verb)An example of to route is to plan a path from Ohio to Virginia.
See route in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < OFr route, rote < L rupta (via), (path) broken through < fem. of ruptus, pp. of rumpere, to break: see rupture
See route in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin rupta (via), broken (road)
Origin: , feminine past participle of rumpere, to break; see rout1
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