Translation
net; network
Word origin
From Latin rete ('net'), the root behind English reticulate and reticule.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- rete
- English cognates
- reticulate, reticule
Examples
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He caught many fish with a big net.
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I read the news on the internet.
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The town has a large network of streets.
did the same job as English "net": it started as the fisherman's mesh and now means the internet, which Esperantists shorten from to plain . A web page is a retpaĝo and an email address is a retadreso, both built on this one root.
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