Where does “reticule” come from?

Reticule comes from French réticule, from Latin reticulum, a diminutive of retina meaning net or mesh, ultimately from re- and -culum.

reticule (English): A reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an...

Definitions

  1. A reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an...

Ancestry of “reticule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchréticulereticle
2Latinrēticuluma net
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “reticule

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos