Where does “troglobiont” come from?

troglobiont (English) comes from English troglo-, 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.

troglobiont (English): Any exclusively cave-dwelling organism

Definitions

  1. Any exclusively cave-dwelling organism

Ancestry of “troglobiont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtroglo-cave
2Ancient Greekτρώγληhole, hollow
3LatinraptorA thief, robber, plunderer; An abductor,...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin raptor →