- ἀμείβω
- ἀμείβω, -ομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `change, exchange', mid. also `answer, repay, requite.' (Il.).Other forms: ἀμεὶβοντες `rafters that meet and cross each other' (Il. Ψ 712).Derivatives: ἀμοιβή `change, exchange, requital, recompense, answer'. - Adj. ἀμοιβός `one who exchanges, in requital' (Il.)Origin: IE [Indo-European] [713] *h₂meigʷ- `change'Etymology: No exact correspondence. One compares Lat. migrare `wander' as from *migros `changing (place)'. The -β- will go back to *gʷ as *b is rare in PIE, which gives *h₂meigʷ- The root *h₂mei - `change' is well known, Skt. máyate, Lat. (com)mū-nis , but the enlargement -gʷ- is rare.Page in Frisk: 1,90
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.