"native, aboriginal, indigenous," 1805, from autochthon + -ous. The opposite is allochthonous.
autochthonous rocks and people and folktales
autobiography
autocade
autocar
autochthon
autochthonic
autochthonous
autoclave
autocracy
autocrat
autocratic
auto-da-fe
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