Autochthon

aw-tok′thon, n. one of the primitive inhabitants of a country: an aboriginal:— pl. Autoch′thons and Autoch′thones .— adj. Autoch′thonous .— ns. Autoch′thony , Autoch′thonism , the condition of being autochthonous. [Gr.; made up of autos , self, chthōn , chthonos , the soil; the A then i ans claiming to have actually sprung from the soil on which they lived.]