Where does “oogenus” come from?

oogenus (English) comes from English genus, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

oogenus (English): An ootaxon, equivalent to a genus, used to...

Definitions

  1. An ootaxon, equivalent to a genus, used to...

Ancestry of “oogenus”, step by step

oogenus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English genus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgenusA category in the classification of organisms,...
2Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
3Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via English oo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishooThe Greek letter omega; Any of four Hawaiian...
2Hawaiianʻōʻōoo, the extinct members of the Moho genus of honeyeaters
3Proto-Polynesian*koho—
4Proto-Oceanic*kojom—
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