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A promise the ground makes that enough feet decided was true.
means A track or route worn or laid out for walking, or more figuratively the course one takes toward a goal.
from From Old English 'pæth,' a word shared across the West Germanic family — compare Dutch 'pad' and German 'Pfad.' Its deeper roots are murky; some scholars suspect an early borrowing into Germanic, possibly from an Iranian language related to Avestan 'paθ-' (way), though this is debated and far from certain. What's clear is that the word has meant 'a way walked by feet' for as long as English has been English.
- desire lines
- Worn shortcuts ignore planners and follow human stubbornness
- oldest roads
- Many highways trace ancient animal migration trails
- in code
- A file's path is its true address
- least resistance
- Lightning, rivers, and procrastination all obey it
appalachian trail — 2,190-mile hiking trail from georgia to maine, walked by ~3 million people since 1937
silk road — ancient trade network connecting china to mediterranean, operating from 2nd century bce to 15th century ce
oregon trail — 1,960-mile westward migration route used by 400,000 settlers from 1840-1869