'reticulate-veined' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'reticulum' (a diminutive of 'rete'), where 'reticulum' meant 'small net', and from Old French 'veine' ultimately from Latin 'vena', where 'vena' meant 'vein'.

'reticulate' developed from Medieval Latin 'reticulatus' (from 'reticulum') into modern English as 'reticulate'; 'veined' is the adjectival use of English 'vein', which came via Old French 'veine' from Latin 'vena'. The compound form 'reticulate-veined' arose in botanical English to describe venation patterns.

Initially, 'reticulum' meant 'small net' and 'vena' meant 'vein'; over time the combined descriptive term came to mean 'having veins arranged like a net' in botanical contexts.