heterochthonous

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

heterochthonous (comparative more heterochthonous, superlative most heterochthonous)

  1. Not indigenous; foreign.
    Antonym: autochthonous
    • 2024 September 30, Michael Doran, “EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW”, in Stanford Law School‎[1], volume 20, number 2, page 293‎[2], archived from the original on 24 February 2025:
      In the view of Johnson and Baldwin, the only sovereignty over Indians having any legal significance was the sovereignty imposed from without – the heterochthonous sovereignty of the United States and the individual states.
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