Etymology

ablatio retinae

Today it means: Detachment of the retina. Full definition →

Latin ablatio ← Middle English rethina ← Medieval Latin retina
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromrete“net”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromretina
  3. Middle English · inherited fromrethina
  4. Latin · borrowed fromablatio“carrying away”
  5. English todayablatio retinae

Borrowed from Latin ablatio (“carrying away”) + Middle English rethina, from Medieval Latin retina, from Latin rete (“net”).

Words from the same roots

Latinablatio all →

ablatioablatio placentae

Middle Englishrethina all →

retina

Medieval Latinretina all →

retinaretineumretinula

Latinrete all →

retereticleRete algorithmreteporeretinerved

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.