Where does “retină” come from?

retină (Romanian) comes from French rétine, from Medieval Latin retina, from Latin rēte — net, snare, network.

retină (Romanian): retina

Definitions

  1. retina

Ancestry of “retină”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrétineretina
2Medieval Latinretinasmall net; a rein; medieval spelling of rēsīna
3Latinrētenet, snare, network
Every word from Latin rēte →
retină — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer