Word of the Day – Autochthon

autochthon (noun)

aw-tok-thun

An original or indigenous inhabitant of a place; an aborigine.

Late 16th century: from Greek, literally ‘sprung from the earth’, from autos ‘self’ + khthōn ‘earth, soil’.

Example sentences

“There’s no doubting that Aboriginal Australians are the true autochthons of the land”