oocyan etymology

English word oocyan comes from English cyan, English oo- (Relating to eggs or ova.)

Detailed word origin of oocyan

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
cyan English (eng) Of the colour cyan. A colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
oo- English (eng) Relating to eggs or ova.
oocyan English (eng) (archaic) biliverdin.

Words with the same origin as oocyan

Descendants of oo-
aboospore ooblast oocyst oofamily oogamy oogenesis oogenetic oogenus ooid ooidal oolite oolitic oologic oological oologist oology oophagy oophore oophorous oophyte oospecies oospore ootaxon oozooid