English → Latin
“innate” in Latin
innāscorto be born in, grow up in; to arise in, originate in, be produced iningenerōto implant, engenderīnserōto introduce into; to insert; to graft on; to implantingignōto implant or engendernātūrālisnatural by birth, legitimate; of or pertaining to nature; of or pertaining to something's nature or qualitiesnātīvuscreated, made; inborn, innate, imparted by birth; natural, native, made by nature and not artificialavītusgrandfatherly; ancestralhērēditāriushereditary, inheritedadventīciusforeign; strange; unusual, extraordinary; extrinsicascīscōto take or receive something with knowledge; approve, accept, recognize, adopt; to take or receive someone to oneself; b
The English word innate itself goes back to Latin nāscor, through innātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
innate
innatus: ingeneratus: insitus: ingenitus: insitus et innatus (inborn, originally indwelling): naturalis: nativus (natural; opposed to assumtus, adventicius, ascitus; i. e., acquired by artificial means, etc.): congeneratus: a parentibus propagatus (implanted in us by our parents): avitus (inherited from a grandfather; e.g., malum, am evil): hereditarius: hereditate relictus (inherited, PROP. and figuratively): innate disposition, character, indoles: ingenium: innate knowledge, insita et innata cognitio: innate goodness of heart, naturalis quaedam bonitas: the old and innate pride of the Claudian family, vetus atque insita Claudiae familiae superbia. An innate idea, notio quae quasi naturalis atque insita in animis nostris inest (Cic.). Innate ideas, Vid: “innate NOTION (s). “.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for innate?
- The usual Latin words for “innate” are innāscor, ingenerō, īnserō; 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.