English → Latin
“inherent” in Latin
propriusappropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably); belonging to oneself as property, or goods: (one's) oinnāscorto be born in, grow up in; to arise in, originate in, be produced inomnisevery; whole, the entirety, all; allquīvīswhoever you will, anyone, anything; whatever (you will), whatsoever
The English word inherent itself goes back to Latin haereō, through inhaerentem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inherent
proprius: in alicujus rei natura positus: cum re ipsa or cum rei natura conjunctus: ad rem ipsam or ad rei naturam pertinens (belonging to the nature of anything as an essential part of it): penitus defixus (firmly rooted in anything; e.g., a failing or fault): innatus: in natura insitus (innate; inherent in our nature). Sometimes omnium, cujusvis may serve (e.g., the liability to err is inherent in human nature, cujusvis hominis est errare: anything is inherent in anybody, aliquid alicui inest proprium; e.g., inest proprius quibusdam decor, Quint., 6, 3, 12). An inherent right, naturae jus aliquod (Cic., Legg., 1, 14, 4, jus naturale is the whole body or sum of natural rights).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inherent?
- The usual Latin words for “inherent” are proprius, innāscor, omnis; also quīvīs. 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.