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Eponymy :: Eponymy (n.) The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) That from which a thing is derived.

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

Homograph :: Homograph (n.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction..

Originally :: Originally (adv.) In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation..

Radically :: Radically (adv.) Without derivation; primitively; essentially.

Variation :: Variation (n.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc..

Traduction :: Traduction (n.) Derivation by descent; propagation.

Derivably :: Derivably (adv.) By derivation.

Etymological :: Etymological (a.) Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration..

Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon..

Paronymous :: Paronymous (a.) Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc..

Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..

Extraction :: Extraction (n.) Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.

Revulsion :: Revulsion (n.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation..

Valero- :: Valero- () A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid..

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