Where does “innate” come from?

Innate comes from Latin innatus, the past participle of innascor meaning "to be born in," formed from in and nascor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning "to beget or produce."

innate (English): Inborn; existing or having existed since birth;...

Definitions

  1. Inborn; existing or having existed since birth;...

Ancestry of “innate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininnatusarisen, originated in, having arisen or...
2Latininnascorbe born in, grow up in; grow; arise, originate in
3Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4Old Latinenin
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “innate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Old Latin en →