Lenticular
/lɛnˈtɪkjʊlər/noun
Shaped like a lens; relating to a lens or to a lens-shaped structure.
Did you know?Its deepest root is Latin *lens* (“lentil”), because a lentil’s shape was the original model for a magnifying lens—proof that everyday objects quietly shaped the language of vision.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lent-
“Likely a bending or flexible shape-root associated with the Latin line of development”
Latin
Latin
lens, lentis
“A lentil; later the word that supplied the shape-name for a optical lens”
Late Latin
Latin
lenticularis
“Having the shape of a lentil; lens-shaped”
16th Century
English
lenticular
“Lens-shaped; relating to a lens”
Modern English
English
lenticular
“Shaped like a lens or relating to a lens-shaped structure”