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“route” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

route
iter (journey): via (way, road taken): ratio itineris or itinerum (plan of a journey, Cic., Fam., 3, 5, 3). To continue one’s route, viam or cursum tenere: viam persequi; iter pergere; iter reliquum conficere, pergere: en route, in itinere: to be on route to Rome, iter mihi est Romam: to take route for a place, iter aliquo movere or dirigere; cursum suum aliquo dirigere; viam aliquo habere: to take different routes, diversos discedere, abire: to change a route, flectere iter.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for route?
The usual Latin words for “route” are iter, via, pergō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.