English
graticulate
From graticule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Formed from graticule + -ate
Latin crātis ‘hurdle’
Latin crāticula ‘grating, grill’
Medieval Latin grātīcula
French graticule
English graticule
Today it means
verb To divide into a grid of horizontal and vertical lines.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / graticulate