Allochtoon

Allochtoon

Allochtoon (plural: allochtonen) is a Dutch word (from Greek ἀλλόχθων, from ἄλλος (allos), other, and χθών (chthōn) earth/land), literally meaning "originating from another country". It is the opposite of the word autochtoon (in English, "autochthonous" or "autochthone"; from Greek αὐτόχθων, from αὐτός (autos), self and again χθών) literally meaning "originating from this country".

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