Where does “τρωγλοδύτης” come from?

τρωγλοδύτης (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek τρώγλη, from Latin raptor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

τρωγλοδύτης (Ancient Greek): One who crawls in holes or caves, such as a snake...

Definitions

  1. One who crawls in holes or caves, such as a snake...

Ancestry of “τρωγλοδύτης”, step by step

τρωγλοδύτης traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek τρώγλη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτρώγληhole, hollow
2LatinraptorA thief, robber, plunderer; An abductor,...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Ancient Greek δύω

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδύωto cause to sink, to plunge; to get into, to...
2Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “τρωγλοδύτης”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin raptor →