connate meaning: definition, etymology

connate

adj

UK /kəˈneɪt/ · US /kəˈneɪt/

Etymology First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin connātus, perfect active participle of connāscor (“to be born together (with)”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- + nāscor. Doublet of cognate.

Of the same or a similar nature; proceeding from the same stock or root.

Inborn.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences United with other organs of the same kind (for example sepals connate with sepals, petals connate with petals, or stamens with stamens).

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Trapped within a rock at the time of its formation (especially of water or petroleum).

Derived terms: connately, connate-perfoliate, semiconnate
Related terms: cognate, innate, renate