endemic
native to or regularly found in a place or group
Roots
- dem / demos: people, district, or population
- in- / im- (in/into): in, into, within, or on
Other words with the dem / demos root
- democracy: government by the people
Endemic means in a people or place: a condition belongs there rather than arriving from outside.
The plant was endemic to one narrow valley.
Democracy makes demos visible as people. Endemic adds en-: something is in a population, region, or place as part of its ordinary life.