derivation
How words evolve
Derivation is the process of obtaining something from a source or origin.
In linguistics, it refers to forming new words by adding affixes: The derivation of "unhappiness" involves two affixes added to "happy".
In mathematics, derivation is the process of finding a derivative.
More broadly, derivation means tracing something back to its origins: The derivation of the recipe remains unclear.
Word-part modifier
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
- suffixWord-ending addition
- infixAffix within a word
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
stem · base · morpheme · inflection · conjugation · declension · compound · agglutination
Conclusion reached through reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- proofDemonstration of truth
- conclusionEnd or deduction
theorem · corollary · syllogism · premise · demonstration · argumentation · entailment · consequence
Descent from progenitors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
pedigree · forebears · progenitors · ancestors · forefathers · family tree · kinship · clan
Original word form
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- loanwordImported vocabulary item
proto-language · calque · neologism · coinage · philology · reconstruction · substratum · lexicology
Point of origin
- genesisPoint of creation
- beginningInitial stage of something
- inceptionFounding moment
- provenanceRecord of ownership
birth · root · seed · wellspring · fountainhead · starting point · origination · foundation
Recognizing meaningful differences
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- differentialRelative difference between things
- gradientRate of change across space
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
tangent · rate of change · chain rule · product rule · antiderivative · integration · function · limit
affix
Word-part modifier
root · stem · base · morpheme · inflection · conjugation · declension · compound · agglutination · transfix
inference
Conclusion reached through reasoning
conclusion · theorem · corollary · syllogism · premise · demonstration · argumentation · entailment · consequence · working out
lineage
Descent from progenitors
bloodline · pedigree · forebears · progenitors · ancestors · forefathers · family tree · kinship · clan · dynasty
etymon
Original word form
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
loanword · proto-language · calque · neologism · coinage · philology · reconstruction · substratum · lexicology · word origin
source
Point of origin
provenance · birth · root · seed · wellspring · fountainhead · starting point · origination · foundation · emergence
differentiation
Recognizing meaningful differences
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- differentialRelative difference between things
- gradientRate of change across space
slope · tangent · rate of change · chain rule · product rule · antiderivative · integration · function · limit · infinitesimal
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
- Sanskrit grammarPanini, nominative, accusative, sutra, dative
- syntax theoriesuniversal grammar, minimalist program, CCG, context-free grammar, merge
- mathaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, algebra
- mathematicsalgebra, arithmetic, calculus, geometry, number
- math problemsword problem, equation, story problem, proof, differential equation
derivationresult
What follows a cause
outcome · consequence · effect · end · conclusion
derivationoriginal
First or inventive
prototype · archetype · source · origin · originality
derivationapplication
Formal request document
use · synthesis · construction · composition · formation
- cocaine derivativeChemically altered coca extract
- first derivative
- zero derivationClass change sans morphology
- covariant derivativeGeneralized derivative on manifolds
- derivative worksWorks based on originals
- partial derivativeDifferentiation fixing other variables
derivative, derivational, derivatives, derivations, derivatively