rete.
net, snare, network
Meaning & usage
net, snare, network
trap
The Web; the Internet.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *rēti-, of uncertain origin. Some theories: * Related to Lithuanian rėtis (“sieve”), conceivably from Proto-Indo-European *ret-. * Alternatively, borrowed from Semitic; compare Hebrew רֶשֶׁת (rešet, “net (for fishing and bird-catching)”), Ugaritic 𐎗𐎘𐎚 (rṯt, “net”).
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