Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂meygʷ-”

74 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂meygʷ- — including amoeba, Acanthamoeba, amoeboid, amœba, acanthamoeba, amoebalike, amoebean, acanthamoebiasis.

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English (14)

Translingual (9)

Polish (6)

Italian (5)

Portuguese (4)

Ancient Greek (3)

Icelandic (3)

Latin (2)

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Ido (2)

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Spanish (2)

Finnish (2)

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Hungarian (2)

Welsh (1)

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Greek (1)

Dutch (1)

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Chinese (1)

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Norwegian Bokmål (1)

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Swahili (1)

Arabic (1)

Hindi (1)

Thai (1)

Burmese (1)