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Added 5 October 2026

path

/pɑːθ/ noun

In Latin: sēmita, trāmes Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about path at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
A course taken.
the path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm
A metaphorical course or route; progress.

verb

To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
To navigate through a file system directory tree (to a desired file or folder).
Next, you need to path to the location of the executable and run it from there.
To pathfind.

noun

Pathology.

Origin

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 *pántaHs, 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, “way”), Old Persian 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /⁠paθi⁠/), Hindi पथ (path), Sanskrit पन्था (panthā, “path”).

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