autochthonic

1. 1.

   originating where it is found

   “the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo”

   “autochthonous rocks and people and folktales”

   “endemic folkways”

   “the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan”

   Synonymsautochthonalautochthonousendemicindigenous

   Similarnative

Questions about autochthonic

What does autochthonic mean?

autochthonic means "originating where it is found".

How many syllables are in autochthonic?

autochthonic has 4 syllables: au-toch-tho-nic. The stress falls on "tho".

What is another word for autochthonic?

Close synonyms include autochthonal, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is autochthonic a common word?

autochthonic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.