The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμοιβαῖος“alternate”
- Latin · borrowed fromamoebaeus
- English todayamoebaeum
From the neuter of Latin amoebaeus, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβαῖος (amoibaîos, “alternate”).
Words from the same roots
Latinamoebaeus all →
amoebean
Ancient Greekἀμοιβαῖος all →
amoebean
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.