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the origin or development of something, especially a word （尤指詞語的）起源，由來，派生 a word of Greek derivation 源自希臘語的詞
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the action of obtaining something from a source or origin 派生： 從來源或來源獲得某些東西的動作the derivation of scientific laws from observation 基於觀察的科學規律的獲取
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the drawing of a fluid, especially pus or blood; also in the sense ‘formation of a word from another word’): from Latin derivatio(n-), from the verb derivare, from de- ‘down, away’ + rivus ‘brook, stream’.