▪ base a concept on an extension or modification of (another concept): "some maintain that he derived the idea of civil disobedience from Thoreau"
▪ (of a word) have (a specified word, usually of another language) as a root or origin: "the word ‘punch’ derives from the Hindustani ‘pancha’"Similaroriginate inhave its origins inhave as a sourcearise instemdescendspringbe takenbe gotOppositegive rise to
▪ arise from or originate in (a specified source): "words whose spelling derives from Dr Johnson's incorrect etymology"Similaroriginate inhave its origin inbe rooted inbe traceable tostemproceedflowpourspringemanateissueensuedescendcome
▪ (of a sentence in a natural language) be linked by a set of stages to (its underlying logical form).
▪ (of a substance) be formed or prepared by (a chemical or physical process affecting another substance): "strong acids are derived from the combustion of fossil fuels"
▪ obtain (a function or equation) from another by a sequence of logical steps, for example by differentiation:"the volume fraction of the soil can then be derived as a function of L"
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘draw a fluid through or into a channel’): from Old French deriver or Latin derivare, from de- ‘down, away’ + rivus ‘brook, stream’.
