path
Middle English
/paθ/
noun
Definitions
- An informal or unpaved path or trail; a track.
- A choice or way of living; a doctrine.
- (rare) A course or route.
- (rare) A vessel or vein.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English pæþ (track, path) inherited from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (path) derived from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs.
Origin
Proto-Indo-Iranian
*pántaHs
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airpath English
- basepath English
- bridlepath English
- bypath English
- classpath English
- cowpath English
- data path English
- edgepath English
- eigenpath English
- flare path English
- flarepath English
- footpath English
- halterpath English
- heelpath English
- hyperpath English
- keypath English
- lifepath English
- lightpath English
- multipath English
- paddle English
- path English
- pathbreaker English
- pathbreaking English
- pather English
- pathfinder English
- pathfinding English
- pathing English
- pathless English
- pathlike English
- pathline English
- pathmaker English
- pathname English
- pathside English
- pathway English
- pathwidth English
- pathwise English
- pathworking English
- racepath English
- scanpath English
- sidepath English
- stormpath English
- subpath English
- superpath English
- toolpath English
- towpath English
- warpath English
- whale-path English
- *póntoh₁s Proto-Indo-European
- *paþaz Proto-Germanic
- ciricpæþ Old English
- pæþ Old English
- pathen Middle English
- pathyng Middle English
- pfad Old High German
- *paþ gmw-pro
- path Old Dutch
- pedden Middle Low German
- *pántaHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- path Old Saxon
- *pántaHs Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *pántaHh Proto-Iranian