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proof that someone else was lost here before you, and found a way through.
means a path is repeated passage worn into a route, the physical or metaphorical record of many feet choosing the same way.
from from old english paeth, related to german pfad, tracing back to a proto-indo-european root about going or driving through — languages have needed a word for worn tracks since before roads existed.
desire pathsthe shortcut walkers cut before planners ever paved it
ant trailspure pheromone paths, no brain required to follow them
graph theorya path never revisits the same node twice