Associations to the word «Autochthony»

Wiktionary

AUTOCHTHONY, noun. An aboriginal condition or state.

Dictionary definition

AUTOCHTHONY, noun. Nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky