Au-töch'thon, n.

(aw-tŏk'thon), n. [Lat. autochthon, pl. autochthones, Gr. αὐτόχθων, pl. αὐτόχθονες, from the land itself, from αὐτός, self, and χθών, gen. χθονός, earth, land.]

1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the same ground or the soil he inhabits; hence, an aboriginal or native. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.
2. That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its first origin.