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