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noun (n)

• the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)(noun.location)

  Example:
  He prefers shoes of Italian derivation.
  Music of Turkish derivation.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  deriving, etymologizing
  

  source: wordnet30
• a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions(noun.cognition)

  source: wordnet30
• (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation(noun.process)

  Example:
  `singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations.
  

  source: wordnet30
• inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  ancestry, filiation, lineage
  

  source: wordnet30
• drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.(noun)

  source: webster1913
• The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.(noun)

  source: webster1913