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autochthon
noun
[ ɔːˈtɒkθ(ə)n ]
• an original or indigenous inhabitant of a place.
Origin:
late 16th century: from Greek, literally ‘sprung from the earth’, from autos ‘self’ + khthōn ‘earth, soil’.
