köken: From Latin amoeba (“change, alternation, transformation”), from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
köken: Learned reborrowing from the singular accusative ἀμοιβάδα of Katharevousa ἀμοιβάς (amoivás), from English amoeba, from New Latin amoeba, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “in the sense: interchange”).
amoeba (member of the genus Amoeba) · amoeba, amoeboid (unicellular organism which has the ability to alter its shape) · amoeba (unintelligent or spineless person)
çekim: çoğul ameby · tamlayan ameby
eş: pełzak
köken: Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Amöbe or English amoeba, ultimately from New Latin amoeba, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”). First attested in the 19th century.