Etymograph

English

reticello

Reticello comes from Italian reticello, from rete ‘net’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *rēti-.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rēti-reconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēte‘net’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentrete‘net’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentreticellomasculine diminutive of rete
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rēti-reconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēte‘net’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentrete‘net’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentreticellomasculine diminutive of rete
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin rēte ‘net’

reticulum, rete, reticular, 7 more

Today it means

noun A decorative glassblowing technique involving the merging of two cane bubbles (one inside the other) where the straight canes were twisted in opposite directions, resulting in a net-like pattern.

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Etymograph / Proto-Italic *rēti- / reticello

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