Route

From Old French route, rote (French: route) â€œroad, way, pathâ€ (source: route on Etymonline)

Full definition of route

(plural routes)

A course or way which is traveled or passed.
The route was used so much that it formed a rut.
You need to find a route that you can take between these two obstacles.

1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 8, I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.
2013-03, Harold J. Morowitz, The Smallest Cell, It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wallâ€“defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.

A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
We live near the bus route.
Here is a map of our delivery routes.
A road or path; often specifically a highway.
Follow Route 49 out of town.
(figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.

2010, Damien McLoughlin and David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-68975-2, pages 156-7:If such an option is to viable over time, it needs to be protected against competitors. Having patent protection is one route....Another route is to have a programmatic investment strategy.... Rolex has taken this route and...

To direct or divert along a particular course.All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
(Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet