The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμοιβαῖος“reciprocal”
- Latin · derived fromamoebaeus
- English todayamoebean
From Latin amoebaeus, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβαῖος (amoibaîos, “reciprocal”), from ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change; alternation”).
Words from the same roots
Latinamoebaeus all →
amoebaeum
Ancient Greekἀμοιβαῖος all →
amoebaeum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.