derivation

noun

1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

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.

3. genealogylinguisticsThe act of tracing origin or descent.

   “the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root”

4. grammarForming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.

5. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

6. That from which a thing is derived.

7. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.

8. mathematicsThe operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.

9. medicineA drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

10. The source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)location

    “he prefers shoes of Italian derivation”

    “music of Turkish derivation”

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

    Similar: deriving, etymologizing

12. A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

13. (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”

14. Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

    Similar: ancestry, lineage, filiation