Where does “oosparite” come from?

oosparite (English) comes from English oo, from Hawaiian ʻōʻō, from Proto-Polynesian *koho, from Proto-Oceanic *kojom.

oosparite (English): A kind of limestone consisting of ooids cemented together with sparite

Definitions

  1. A kind of limestone consisting of ooids cemented together with sparite

Ancestry of “oosparite”, step by step

oosparite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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—

via English sparite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsparitecalcite

Words derived from “oosparite”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kojom →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *koho →Every word from Hawaiian ʻōʻō →