Reminds me of how in Anathem by Neal Stephenson, their word for the equivalent of the Internet is the Reticulum, which etymologically comes from Reticule. Reti

Reminds me of how in Anathem by Neal Stephenson, their word for the equivalent of the Internet is the Reticulum, which etymologically comes from Reticule. Reticule has the following fictional definition: Reticule (1) In Proto-, Old, and Middle Orth, a small bag or basket, netlike in its construction. (2) In early Praxic Orth, a gridlike network of lines or fine wires on an optical device. (3) In later Praxic and New Orth, two or more syntactic devices that are able to communicate with one another. The Dictionary, 4th Edition, A.R. 3000 Sense 1 and 2 above actually do correspond to English. Sense 3 is constructed by using reticule as the root instead of inter-network. An additional important point is that all the words in the book should be considered translations, since it's on another planet. For example, if they mention a "carrot" it should be considered a similar plant on their world, not a literal Earth carrot.