reticulum

reticulum · noun¹

1. Latin · borrowed fromrēticulum“net”
2. English todayreticulum

Borrowed from Latin rēticulum (“net”). Doublet of reticle, reticule, and Reticulum.

Reticulum · proper noun²

1. Latin · borrowed fromrēticulum“reticle”
2. English todayReticulum

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From later Latin rēticulum (“reticle”). The meaning is often wrongly interpreted as "net", which is an older meaning of the Latin root word. Doublet of reticle, reticule, and reticulum.

Words from the same roots