Definitions:

1. (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation noun
   • `singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations
2. the source or origin from which something derives i.e. comes from noun
   • I prefer shoes of Italian derivation.

Synonyms:

• ancestry
• deriving
• etymologizing
• filiation
• lineage

NearBy Words:

• derivational