Words / A / General

autochthonous

adjective/ɔːˈtɒkθənəs/

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Native to and originating from the place where it is found; indigenous.

The valley's autochthonous vine varieties grow nowhere else on earth.

Similar: indigenous, native, aboriginal

Origin: From Greek autokhthōn 'sprung from the land itself', from autos 'self' + khthōn 'earth'.

Topic: nativeness in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

Get words like autochthonous on your lock screen, a few a day, with review that makes them stick.

Download on the App Store Lexfall puts a new word on your home and lock screen through widgets, so you learn without opening an app. Free to download. After a free trial, a subscription unlocks every field. Built for iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.
QR code that opens Lexfall on the App Store
On a computer?Scan with your iPhone camera.