Etymograph

English

reticule

Reticule comes from French réticule ‘reticle’, from Latin rēticulum ‘a 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. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEculumdiminutive of rēte
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErēticulum‘a net’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentréticule‘reticle’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1842reticule

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. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErēticulum‘a net’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentréticule‘reticle’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1842reticule

Earliest quotation: 1842, anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizab, Keeping up Appearances. […]: “When reading the note, and arriving at an assurance…”

Linked words

through Latin rēte ‘net’

rete, 9 more

Today it means

noun A reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument.

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Etymograph / Proto-Italic *rēti- / reticule

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