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For router do you mean roo-ter for the network gear and row-ter for the woodworking tool? That is useful. Not sure how to best spell out the differences, ironic
by aidos 6y ago
For router do you mean roo-ter for the network gear and row-ter for the woodworking tool? That is useful. Not sure how to best spell out the differences, ironically my phone tried pretty hard to change things around for me.
- afandian 6y agoYes. One is for sending things on routes (journeys). Another is for routing (digging things out). I'm not sure if they etymologies converge, but they are distinctly different words spelled the same.
- CGamesPlay 6y agoI don't know about the etymologies, but your argument isn't compelling. A router (woodworking) is used when the tool is following a specified route (path).
- afandian 6y agoI don't know what to tell you. The facts are settled according to authorities on language which I trust. Your folk-etymology seems to be an intuitive but incorrect back-formation. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/routs https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/routs https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/using-root-route-rout https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/using-root-rou...