Where does “retinula” come from?

retinula (English) comes from Medieval Latin retina, from Latin rēte — net, snare, network.

retinula (English): One of the group of pigmented cells that surround...

Definitions

  1. One of the group of pigmented cells that surround...

Ancestry of “retinula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinretinasmall net; a rein; medieval spelling of rēsīna
2Latinrētenet, snare, network

Words derived from “retinula”

Every word from Latin rēte →