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reticulate (adj.)
[reticulate 词源字典]
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 etymology, reticulate origin, 英语词源]
reticulate (v.)
1787, back-formation from
reticulated
(1728), from
reticulate
(adj.). Related:
Reticulating
.