innate

Pronunciation: /ɪˈneɪt/

The English word “innate” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.
Instinctive; coming from instinct.
Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.

verb

To cause to exist; to call into being.

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in the 1420s, the verb in 1602; from Middle English innat(e) (“innate, inborn”), borrowed from Latin innātus (“inborn, innate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect active participle of innāscor (“to be born in, grow up in”), from in- (“in, at on”) + nāscor (“to be born”); see natal, native. The verb is derived from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming…

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