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The route is proof that the shortest path and the best one rarely shake hands.
means A route is the way you take to get from one place to another, whether a road, a path, or a planned course.
from From Old French 'route,' a road or way, itself from Latin 'rupta'—short for 'via rupta,' meaning a 'broken way,' as in a path forced or broken through wilderness. The same Latin root for breaking (rumpere) gives us 'rupture' and 'route' alike, so a route is, deep down, a way that was broken open for travel.
- latin root
- From rupta, a road literally broken through wilderness
- music memory
- Route 66 inspired more songs than most cities
- router origin
- Internet routers borrow the road-finding word directly
- pronunciation war
- Rhymes with boot or shout, depending who you ask
- bird math
- Migratory birds optimize routes humans still can't fully model
route 66 — historic highway from chicago to los angeles, 2,448 miles, established 1926
silk road — ancient trade network connecting china to mediterranean, spanned over 4,000 miles
ho chi minh trail — supply route used by north vietnam during war, stretched 1,000+ miles through jungles
appalachian trail — hiking trail from georgia to maine, 2,190 miles, established 1937