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”).

Noun

troglodīts m (1st declension)

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

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