Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Route

Route (rot o rout; 277) , noun

[Old English & French route, Old French rote, from Latin rupta (sc. via), from ruptus, past participle of rumpere to break; hence, literally, a broken or beaten way or path. See Rout, and compare Rut a track.]

The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.
Wide through the furzy field their route they take. — Gay