AUTOCHTHONOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster 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 "
Autochthon (ancient Greece) - Wikipedia In ancient Greece, the concept of autochthones (from Ancient Greek αὐτός autos "self," and χθών chthon "soil"; i e "people sprung from earth itself") means the indigenous inhabitants of a country, including mythological figures, as opposed to settlers, and those of their descendants who kept themselves free from an admixture of colonizing entit
Autochthonous - definition of autochthonous by . . . - The Free Dictionary 1 Originating or formed in the place where found; indigenous: autochthonous rocks; an autochthonous people; autochthonous folk tales See Synonyms at native 2 Ecology Native to or produced within a system: an autochthonous species; algae that provide an autochthonous source of nutrients in a lake