innate
英検準1級生まれつきの・先天的な
意味
- 生まれつきの,生得の(inborn)
- 本質的な
例文
Gauss had an innate talent for mathematical problems.
ガウスには数学的な問題を考える生まれついた才能があった。
She has an innate love of adventure.
彼女は根っからの冒険家だ。
Generosity is innate in some people.
寛大さが生まれながら身についている人もいる。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
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 suffix).