Words Like DERIVATION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DERIVATION.

19 Alternative Words Similar to derivation

1 Ancestry Noun      Synonym Words Like Ancestry
2 Lineage Noun      Synonym Words Like Lineage
3 Filiation Noun      Synonym Words Like Filiation
4 Account Noun      Synonym Words Like Account
5 Act Noun      Synonym Words Like Act
6 Beginning Noun      Synonym Words Like Beginning
7 Drawing Noun      Synonym Words Like Drawing
8 Explanation Noun      Synonym Words Like Explanation
9 Origin Noun      Synonym Words Like Origin
10 Root Noun      Synonym Words Like Root
11 Rootage Noun      Synonym Words Like Rootage
12 Source Noun      Synonym Words Like Source
13 Derivative Noun      Synonym Words Like Derivative
14 Pedigree Noun      Hyponym Words Like Pedigree
15 Bloodline Noun      Hyponym Words Like Bloodline
16 Descent Noun      Hyponym Words Like Descent
17 Extraction Noun      Hyponym Words Like Extraction
18 Eponymy Noun      Hyponym
19 Deed Noun      Hypernym Words Like Deed

2 examples of derivation

1 the derivation of a word from an Aryan root
2 music of Turkish derivation

10 definitions of derivation

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 The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy.
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.
7 The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the operation of differentiation or of integration.
8 A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
9 The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.
10 the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
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