English
enchorial
Enchorial comes from Ancient Greek ἐγχώριος ‘rural, in or of the country’, and goes back to χώρα.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχώρα1khṓra‘country’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐγχώριος1enkhṓrios‘rural, in or of the country’
- Englishearliest quotation 1872enchorial1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English enchorial
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1872, Philip Smith, A Smaller Ancient History of the East: “The inscription of the Rosetta Stone is written in…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχώραWiktionary, English enchorialkhṓra‘country’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐγχώριοςWiktionary, English enchorialenkhṓrios‘rural, in or of the country’
- Englishearliest quotation 1872enchorialWiktionary, English enchorial. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1872, Philip Smith, A Smaller Ancient History of the East: “The inscription of the Rosetta Stone is written in…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave behind’
go, gone, inherit, forego, 19 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- ‘derelict’
Today it means
adj Indigenous, native.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “enchorial”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek χώρα / enchorial