rerouting
UK[ˌriːˈraʊtɪŋ]US[ˌriːˈraʊtɪŋ]
n
The action or process of changing the route or direction of something, especially traffic or data.
gerund or present participle
The act of sending something along a different path.
Morpheme Breakdown
re
rout
ing
re
again
rout
path
ing
noun suffix
Etymology
The word 'rerouting' is built upon the core concept of a path or way, derived from the Latin 'rupta' meaning a broken or beaten way. The prefix 're-' introduces the notion of repetition or doing something again. Therefore, the literal construction is "to path again" or "to make a way again". Over time, 'route' evolved from a physical road to any designated course for travel or transmission. The addition of the '-ing' suffix nominalizes the action, resulting in the modern abstract meaning of the process of assigning a new course, whether for vehicles, information packets, or plans.
Analysis
Structure: re (again) + rout (path) + ing (noun suffix)
re: Latin origin, a prefix meaning "again" or "back".
rout: From Middle English 'rute', from Old French 'rute' or 'rote', meaning "road, path, way", ultimately from Latin 'rupta' (via), a feminine past participle of 'rumpere' (to break).
ing: Old English origin, a suffix forming nouns from verbs, indicating an action or its result.
Examples
The accident necessitated the rerouting of all northbound traffic.
Network congestion led to the automatic rerouting of data through a backup server.
The airline is rerouting flights due to the air traffic controllers' strike.