innate
ih-NAYTadjMeaning present from birth; natural rather than learned
Memory hook IN + NATE (born): born IN you. Before he can even talk, Theo taps a perfect beat on his high chair with two spoons; nobody taught him: his sense of rhythm is innate.
Some people seem to have an innate sense of direction.
In context Her teachers wondered whether the girl’s musical gift was innate or learned, since she had hummed perfect tunes long before anyone taught her a note.
Similar inborn, natural, native, congenital
Opposite acquired, learned
From Latin innatus, “inborn”: in- (in) + nasci (to be born).