path

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A narrow track for walking, often through fields, woods, or a garden.

   We followed the path through the forest to the lake.

2. 2
   noun

   The line or route along which something moves.

   The hurricane destroyed houses in its path.

3. 3
   noun

   A way of doing something or a course of action in life.

   She chose a different career path from her parents.

From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”). The Proto-Germanic term is possibly borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from the root *pent- (“to pass”), but this is disputed. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Paad, Pad (“path”), West Frisian paad (“path”), Dutch pad (“path”), German Pfad (“path”), German Low German Padd (“path”), Luxembourgish Pad (“path”). Indo-Iranian cognates could be Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊, “wa…

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