Definition of "derivation" []

• The act or process of deriving. (noun)
• The state or fact of being derived; originating: a custom of recent derivation. (noun)
• Something derived; a derivative. (noun)
• The form or source from which something is derived; an origin. (noun)
• The historical origin and development of a word; an etymology. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Arrived at _Kaloneh_ upon the highway, certainly the site of a Roman garrison or "colonia," (see Acts xvi. 12,) leaving Kustul behind, which is also a derivation from the Latin word for a castle."
• "I suppose the traditional and obvious derivation from the Latin MONETA (“money”) is just too simple …"
• "Second derivation is non-positive, (diminishing returns) 3, Tractable (continuous, derivatives of all orders)"