Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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derivation | Yes | No | No | No |
origin | Yes | No | No | No |
derivation (noun) | origin (noun) |
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the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin | properties attributable to your ancestry |
drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation | the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero |
drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body | an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events |
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | the hereditary derivation of an individual |
a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions | the place where something begins, where it springs into being |
(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived |
the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) | |
(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation |