inné

innate, inborn, congenital, inbred, native

Opposite of
acquis
Frequency

22k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/i(n).ne/
Etymology

In summary

A semi-learned term borrowed from Latin innātus (“inborn”), perfect active participle of innāscor (“be born in, grow up in”), from in (“in, at on”) + nāscor (“be born”). Replaced the inherited Old French form enné.

Sign in to write sticky notes