English Explanatory Dictionary

heterochthonic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not indigenous; foreign.

Word forms

heterochthonic more heterochthonic most heterochthonic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, different”) (corresponding to hetero-) + χθών (khthṓn, “earth, soil”) + -ic.

Antonyms

autochthonic
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