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

Definitions

  1. oocyte

Ancestry of “oocito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoocyteA cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a...
2EnglishooThe Greek letter omega; Any of four Hawaiian...
3Hawaiianʻōʻōoo, the extinct members of the Moho genus of honeyeaters
4Proto-Polynesian*koho—
5Proto-Oceanic*kojom—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kojom →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *koho →Every word from Hawaiian ʻōʻō →
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