derivation

1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. (countable, uncountable)
2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence. (countable, uncountable)
3. The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology). (countable, uncountable) · the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root
4. Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it. (countable, uncountable)
5. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. (countable, uncountable)
6. That from which a thing is derived. (countable, uncountable)
7. That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction. (countable, uncountable)
8. The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction. (countable, uncountable)

Plural derivations