(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation; "`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations"; a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions; drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body; drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation; the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin; the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"
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We have 200 solutions to the crossword puzzle DERIVATION. The longest solution is IMMEDIATE CONSTITUENT ANALYSIS with 28 letters and the shortest solution is ETYM with 4 letters.
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