a course planned or taken to get from a starting point to a destination
NAmer
a major highway
= round4 (1)
a regularly travelled way
NAmer a main highway
a means of achieving an objective
no easy route to success
a line or course taken by a road, river, etc
an itinerary
NAmer = round4 (4a)
[Middle English via French from Latin rupta (in rupta via broken or worn path), fem past part. of rumpere to break]