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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DERIVATION, n.
1. The act of deriving, drawing or receiving from a source; as the derivation of an estate from ancestors, or of profits from capital, or of truth or facts from antiquity.
2. In grammar, the drawing or tracing of a word from its root or original; as, derivation is from the L. Derivo, and the latter from rivus, a stream.
3. A drawing from, or turning aside from, a natural course or channel; as the derivation of water from its channel by lateral drains.
4. A drawing of humors from one part of the body to another; as the derivation of humors from the eye, by a blister on the neck.
5. The thing derived or deduced.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"
2: (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase [syn: deriving, derivation, etymologizing]
3: a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
4: (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"
5: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline [syn: ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation]
6: drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
7: drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
8: the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. a. (1) the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) (2) an act of ascertaining or stating the derivation of a word (3) etymology 1 b. the relation of a word to its base 2. a. source, origin b. descent, origination 3. something derived ; derivative 4. an act or process of deriving 5. a sequence of statements (as in logic or mathematics) showing that a result is a necessary consequence of previously accepted statements • derivational adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of deriving or obtaining from a source; the process of being derived. 2 a the formation of a word from another word or from a root. b a derivative. c the tracing of the origin of a word. d a statement or account of this. 3 extraction, descent. 4 Math. a sequence of statements showing that a formula, theorem, etc., is a consequence of previously accepted statements. Derivatives: derivational adj. Etymology: F dérivation or L derivatio (as DERIVE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Derivation Der`iva"tion, n. The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Derivation Der`i*va"tion, n. [L. derivatio: cf. F. d['e]rivation. See Derive.] 1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. [Obs.] --T. Burnet. 2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence. As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. --Sir M. Hale. 3. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root. 4. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. 5. That from which a thing is derived. 6. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. From the Euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river. --Gibbon. 7. (Math.) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration. 8. (Med.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(derivations) The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source. The derivation of its name is obscure... = origin N-VAR: oft N of n, of adj N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Descent, genealogy, extraction. 2. Etymology. 3. Deriving, obtaining, deducing. 4. Source (in), origination (from), foundation (in).

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