Etymograph

English

reticle

Reticle comes from Late Latin rēticulum ‘a net’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *rēti-.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rēti-reconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēte‘net’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEculumdiminutive of rēte
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CErēticulum‘a net’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1833reticle

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rēti-reconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēte‘net’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEculumdiminutive of rēte
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CErēticulum‘a net’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1833reticle

Earliest quotation: 1833, Francis Vesey: “On the following day Mrs. Kent went into the…”

Linked words

through Latin rēte ‘net’

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Today it means

noun A transparent plate marked with a crosshair, grid, or scale which is used in an optical instrument, etc., to aid in alignment, counting, or measurement of objects being observed; also, the crosshair, grid, or scale on such a plate.

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Etymograph / Proto-Italic *rēti- / reticle

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