Predator
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1920s: from Latin praedator ‘plunderer’, from praedat- ‘seized as plunder’, from the verb praedari (see predation).
wiktionary
Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor(“loot, pillage”), from praeda(“booty, spoils, prey”).
etymonline
predator (n.)
"animal that preys upon another," 1862, from Latin praedator "plunderer," from praedari "to rob" (see predation). Latin Predatores (Swainson, 1840) was used in biology of the group of coleopterous insects that ate other insects.
