connate
adjective
[ ˈkɒneɪt ]
• (especially of ideas or principles) existing in a person or thing from birth; innate.
• "are our ethical values connate?"
• (of parts) united so as to form a single part.
• (of water) trapped in sedimentary rock during its deposition.
Origin:
mid 17th century: from late Latin connatus, past participle of connasci, from con- ‘together’ + nasci ‘be born’.
