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- reticular (adj.)



[reticular 词源字典] - 1590s, from Modern Latin reticularis, from Latin reticulum "little net" (see reticulate (adj.)).[reticular etymology, reticular origin, 英语词源]
- reticulate (adj.)




- 1650s, from Latin reticulatus "having a net-like pattern," from reticulum "little net," diminutive of rete "net," from PIE *ere- (2) "to separate" (see hermit).
- reticulate (v.)




- 1787, back-formation from reticulated (1728), from reticulate (adj.). Related: Reticulating.
- reticulation (n.)




- 1670s, noun of action or state from reticulate (v.).