derivation — meaning in English
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English meaning
- derivation noun The channelling of water away from a river or other source.
Senses
derivation is used for these senses in English:
- derivation (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
derivation — full definition
- noun The channelling of water away from a river or other source.
- noun The process of obtaining something, such as a result or an idea, from an original source.
- noun The tracing of where something, such as a word, first came from.
- noun (linguistics) The creation of a new word by changing an existing word's base or adding a prefix or suffix to it.
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