"For I perceive that ye are in the paths of righteousness." (Alma 7:19)

The word "path" is a very old word that comes into the English language from Sanskrit by way of Iran. It comes from a root word that means to go, go along or come upon. Its early uses had the sense of a narrow path or a one-by-one path. It also has the sense of being a way from one land to another.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines path as "a way or track formed by the continued treading of pedestrians or animals, rather than one deliberately planned or made; a narrow unmade and usually unenclosed way that people on foot can use."

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