troglodyte

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρωγλοδύτης“one who dwells in holes”
2. Latin · learned borrowing fromTrōglodytae“cave-dwelling people”
3. English todaytroglodyte

Learned borrowing from Latin Trōglodytae (“cave-dwelling people”), from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “one who dwells in holes”), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “to get into”).