- reticular (adj.)
- 1590s, from Modern Latin reticularis, from Latin reticulum "little net" (see reticulate (adj.)).
- 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.).