The story
- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἀμοιβή“change”
- English todayamoeba
From Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
amoeba
Today it means: A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή