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Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.

Derivative :: Derivative (n.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).

Etymological :: Etymological (a.) Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words..

Paronymous :: Paronymous (a.) Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction..

Derivably :: Derivably (adv.) By derivation.

Lexicology :: Lexicology (n.) The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.

Homograph :: Homograph (n.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful..

Derival :: Derival (n.) Derivation.

Metadiscoidal :: Metadiscoidal (a.) Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta..

Traduction :: Traduction (n.) Derivation by descent; propagation.

Variation :: Variation (n.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc..

Extraction :: Extraction (n.) Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.

Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..

Radically :: Radically (adv.) Without derivation; primitively; essentially.

Valero- :: Valero- () A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid..

Radical :: Radical (a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form..

Etymologist :: Etymologist (n.) One who investigates the derivation of words.

Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon..

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