Etymograph

English

Reticulum

Reticulum comes from Latin rēticulum ‘reticle’, from rēte ‘net, snare’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *rēti-.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rēti-reconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēte‘net, snare’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEculum
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErēticulum‘reticle’
  5. EnglishtodayReticulum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rēti-reconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēte‘net, snare’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEculum
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErēticulum‘reticle’
  5. EnglishtodayReticulum

The story

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. The meaning is often wrongly interpreted as "net", which is an older meaning of the Latin root word.

Linked words

through Latin rēte ‘net, snare’

rete, 10 more

Today it means

name A small constellation of the southern summer sky, said to resemble a reticle. It lies between the constellations of Horologium and Dorado.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *rēti- / Reticulum

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