Merriam-Webster summarizes English chthonic directly from Greek chthon-, chthōn, while American Heritage supplies Greek khthonios as the immediate adjective.
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chthonic
of the underworld; of or under the earth
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedAncient Greek · Ancient Greek · earth nounχθών
earth; ground
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Greek earth vocabulary supplies the English underworld adjective under either segmentation.
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Chthonic — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: Greek chthon-, chthōn earth
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