Etymograph

English

reticular

Reticular comes from Latin rēticulum ‘little 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, snare’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEculum
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErēticulum‘little net’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900rēticulāris
  6. Englishtodayreticular

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‘little net’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900rēticulāris
  6. Englishtodayreticular

Linked words

through Latin rēte ‘net, snare’

rete, 9 more

Today it means

adj Having the structure of a net or a network; netlike.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *rēti- / reticular

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