Rerouting

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The process of changing the path or direction of a route
2. A method of altering a predetermined course for transport or data
3. The action of redirecting a specified route or flow for various purposes

Etymology: "Rerouting" is the present participle of "reroute," and it is simply the re- prefix attached to "route." The prefix comes from Latin "re-," meaning "back" or "again," and it reached English by way of Old French, which is the path the source records for re- before it attaches to the older noun. "Route" has its own longer history. It descends from the Old French word for a road or way, which traces back to Latin "rupta," meaning a broken or cleared way, from the verb "rumpere," to break. A route, in other words, was originally a path cut through terrain, which makes a reroute a path cut again in a new direction.

Synonyms: redirecting, rechanneling, diverting, changing course, altering path

Antonyms: routing, directing, straightening, leading, guiding