autochthony
(ɔːˈtɒkθənɪ)
[f. autochthon + -y.]
Autochthonous condition; aboriginal occupation.
| 1846 Grote Greece i. vi. I. 146 The fancy of one or a few great families branching out widely..was more popular..than that of a distinct autochthony in each of the separate districts. 1879 De Quatrefages' Hum. Spec. 179 The partisans of the autochthony of nations. |
¶ erron. for autoctony ‘suicide.’
| 1652 Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 243 By taking away the sword, hindred the desperate project of that autochthony. |