route

 
Pronunciation: /ruːt/

noun

  • a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination: the scenic route from Florence to Siena
  • the line of a road, path, railway, etc.: proposals have been put forward for a new route around the south of the town
  • North American a round travelled in delivering, selling, or collecting goods.
  • a method or process leading to a specified result: the many routes to a healthier diet will be described

verb (routes, routeing or routing, routed)

[with object and adverbial of direction]
  • send or direct along a specified course: all lines of communication were routed through London

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French rute 'road', from Latin rupta (via) 'broken (way)', feminine past participle of rumpere

Spelling help

Routing is usually spelled without an e, although routeing is also correct.