native
noun
[ ˈneɪtɪv ]
• a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not.
• "a native of Montreal"
native
adjective
• associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth.
• "he's a native New Yorker"
• (of a plant or animal) of indigenous origin or growth.
• "eagle owls aren't native to Britain"
• (of a quality) belonging to a person's character from birth; innate.
• "some last vestige of native wit prompted Guy to say nothing"
Similar:
innate,
inherent,
inborn,
intrinsic,
instinctive,
instinctual,
intuitive,
natural,
natural-born,
deep-seated,
deep-rooted,
hereditary,
inherited,
in the blood,
in the family,
natal,
congenital,
bred in the bone,
inbred,
ingrained,
built-in,
connate,
connatural,
• (of a metal or other mineral) found in a pure or uncombined state.
• designed for or built into a given system, especially denoting the language associated with a given processor, computer, or compiler, and programs written in it.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin nativus, from nat- ‘born’, from the verb nasci .
