Where does “oocito” come from?
oocito (Italian) comes from English oocyte, from English oo, from Hawaiian ʻōʻō, from Proto-Polynesian *koho, from Proto-Oceanic *kojom.
oocito (Italian): oocyte
Ancestry of “oocito”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | oocyte | A cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a... |
| 2 | English | oo | The Greek letter omega; Any of four Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Hawaiian | ʻōʻō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Polynesian | *koho | — |
| 5 | Proto-Oceanic | *kojom | — |