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“connate” in Latin

The English word connate itself goes back to Latin nāscor, through connātus.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

connate
insitus: innatus: ingeneratus: ingenitus. (the words are found in this connection and order), insitus et innatus (originally inherent): naturalis: nativus (natural, opposed to assumptus, adventicius, ascitus, i. e., acquired by art, etc.): congeneratus: a parentibus propagatus (inherited from our parents).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for connate?
The usual Latin words for “connate” are īnserō, innāscor, ingenerō; also ingignō, nātūrālis, nātīvus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.