Where does “trogloxene” come from?

trogloxene (English) 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.

trogloxene (English): Any organism which sporadically lives in underground habitats such as caves, and cannot live there exclusively

Definitions

  1. Any organism which sporadically lives in underground habitats such as caves, and cannot live there exclusively

Ancestry of “trogloxene”, step by step

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