troglodīts

Latvian

Etymology

Via other Euroepan languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin trōglodyta (cave dwelling people), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, one who dwells in holes), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, hole) and δύω (dúō, I get into).

Pronunciation

Noun

troglodīts m (1st declension)

  1. troglodyte, caveman (member of an ancient human species that supposedly lived in caves)
    troglodīts ir aizvēsturisks alu cilvēksa troglodyte is a prehistoric caveman

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