path
noun
[ pɑːθ ]
• a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading.
• "the path continues alongside the river for half a mile"
Similar:
footpath,
pathway,
track,
jogging track,
trail,
trackway,
ride,
riding,
towpath,
walk,
walkway,
promenade,
esplanade,
avenue,
lane,
alley,
alleyway,
passage,
passageway,
byway,
sidetrack,
berm,
causeway,
right of way,
pavement,
footway,
bridleway,
bridle path,
cycle path,
cycle track,
cycleway,
sidewalk,
bikeway,
trace,
pavé,
Origin:
Old English pæth, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pad, German Pfad, of unknown ultimate origin.
-path
combining form
• denoting a practitioner of curative treatment.
• "homeopath"
• denoting a person who suffers from a disease.
• "psychopath"
Origin:
back-formation from -pathy, or from Greek -pathēs ‘-sufferer’.
