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

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

Ancestry of “innate”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	innatus	arisen, originated in, having arisen or...
2	Latin	innascor	be born in, grow up in; grow; arise, originate in
3	Latin	in	in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4	Old Latin	en	in
5	Proto-Italic	en	in
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “innate”

innately
innateness
innatism
innatist
innative
innated

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