Where does “oospecies” come from?

oospecies (English) comes from English Species, from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

oospecies (English): An ootaxon, equivalent to a species, used to...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “oospecies”, step by step

oospecies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Species

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSpeciesA type or kind. Compare
2Latinspeciēsseeing, view, look
3Latinspeciōto observe, watch, look at
4Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-