Theibinzana elithi “indoda” ngolimi lwesiFulentshi lisuselwa ku-"homo, hemo", elenziwa ngabezilimi abavela e-Indo-European dhghmmō okusho " indodana yomhlaba ", Ukuhumusha okuphelele kweAustralia, igama elisetshenziswe nguDiodorus waseSicily ukuthola umTopiya. Igama elithi "bomdabu" livela esiGrekini autókhthô Yakhiwe i-autόs "Ngokwami" futhi khthốn[1] "umhlaba".
UDiodorus waseSicily uchaza ukuzalwa kwamadoda okuqala: “Kuphikiswana ngokuthi abaseTopiya bangabokuqala emadodeni onke, futhi ubufakazi busobala. Okokuqala, wonke umuntu evumelana kancane noma kancane ukuthi angaveli phesheya, nokuthi bazalelwe ezweni uqobo, umuntu ngesizathu esizwakalayo angababiza ngama-Autochthones; lapho-ke kubonakala kusobala kubo bonke ukuthi amadoda ahlala eningizimu [2] mhlawumbe angabokuqala ukuphuma esifubeni somhlaba. Ngoba ukushisa kwelanga komisa umhlaba onomswakama futhi kuwenze ulungele isizukulwane sezilwane, kungenzeka ukuthi isifunda esiseduze nelanga yiso esasihlala kuqala izidalwa eziphilayo ”.