Where does “reticle” come from?

reticle (English) comes from Late Latin reticulum, from Latin rēte — net, snare, network.

reticle (English): A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the...

Definitions

  1. A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the...

Ancestry of “reticle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinreticuluma net; a fishnet; a hairnet
2Latinrētenet, snare, network

Words derived from “reticle”

Every word from Latin rēte →