English
graticulation
By surface analysis, graticule + -ation, or, by surface analysis, graticulate + -ion.
Equivalent to graticule + -ation
Latin crātis ‘hurdle’
Latin crāticula ‘grating, grill’
Medieval Latin grātīcula
French graticule
English graticule
Today it means
noun The division of a design or draught into squares, in order to reproduce it more easily in larger or smaller dimensions.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / graticulation