Where does “റെറ്റിന” come from?

റെറ്റിന (Malayalam) comes from English retina, from Middle English rethina, from Medieval Latin retina, from Latin rēte — net, snare, network.

റെറ്റിന (Malayalam): retina

Definitions

  1. retina

Ancestry of “റെറ്റിന”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishretinaThe thin layer of cells at the back of the...
2Middle Englishrethina—
3Medieval Latinretinasmall net; a rein; medieval spelling of rēsīna
4Latinrētenet, snare, network
Every word from Latin rēte →