autochthonic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
Example Sentences
- "I argue that Indian law exceptionalism generally follows from the autochthonic understanding of Native sovereignty and that Indian law assimilationism generally follows from the heterochthonic understanding of Native sovereignty."
Etymology
From autochthon + -ic.