Etymograph

English

reticulum

Reticulum comes from Latin rēticulum ‘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‘net’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2013reticulum

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‘net’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2013reticulum

Earliest quotation: 2013, 1966, Robert E. Hungate: “As the young ruminant consumes forages, the reticulum, and…”

Linked words

through Latin rēte ‘net, snare’

rete, 9 more

Today it means

noun A network. For example, the endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell.

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Etymograph / Proto-Italic *rēti- / reticulum

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