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autochthonous

adjective

au·​toch·​tho·​nous ȯ-ˈtäk-thə-nəs How to pronounce autochthonous (audio)
1
: indigenous, native
an autochthonous people
autochthonous plants
2
: formed or originating in the place where found
autochthonous rock
an autochthonous infection
autochthonously adverb

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Ancient Athenians considered their ancestors the primordial inhabitants of their land, as if sprung from the very soil of the region they inhabited. Their word for any true-born Athenian, "autochthōn," itself springs from auto-, meaning "self," and chthōn, meaning "earth." Nowadays, the English adjective "autochthonous" is often used in somewhat meaty scientific or anthropological writing (as in "several autochthonous cases of fever broke out in the region"), but it was a "bready" context in which it made its debut. Observed English literary critic William Taylor in 1805: "The English have this great predilection for autochthonous bread and butter" (rather than French bread, one might safely presume).

Example Sentences

an illegally introduced Asian fish that has virtually wiped out the lake's autochthonous species
Recent Examples on the Web Both The Dig and Ammonite fetishize British-ness in ways that make Mary Anning and Basil Brown seem less like serious researchers and more like Braveheart-style symbols of misunderstood autochthonous glory. Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2021 Far from being autochthonous, folk music is often influenced by the music of cities and courts, the seeds spread by travelers, merchants, migrants, itinerant players, refugees. Evan Eisenberg, WSJ, 24 May 2018

Word History

Etymology

see autochthon

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of autochthonous was in 1803

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