derivation

Noun

• the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin

• drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation

• drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body

• inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

• (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
  • `singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations
    

• a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

• (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

• the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
  • he prefers shoes of Italian derivation
    
  • music of Turkish derivation
    

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• Synonyms: 
  ancestry , lineage , filiation , deriving , etymologizing