The source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues).

Roget 21: copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness.    image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype^†, photo offset, electrotype; imitation etc. 19; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait etc. (representation) 554; resemblance.    duplicate, reproduction; cast, tracing; reflex, reflexion [Brit.], reflection; shadow, echo.    transcript [copy into a non-visual form], transcription; recording, scan.    chip off the old block; reprint, new printing; rechauffe [Fr.]; apograph^†, fair copy.    parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie^†, paraphrase.    [copy with some differences] derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision; second edition etc. (repetition) 104.    servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake etc. (deception) 545; pasticcio^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 153: cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner^†, prime mover, primum mobile [Lat.]; vera causa [Lat.]; author etc. (producer) 164; mainspring; agent; leaven; groundwork, foundation etc. (support) 215.    spring, fountain, well, font; fountainhead, spring head, wellhead; fons et origo [Lat.], genesis; descent etc. (paternity) 166; remote cause; influence.    pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum; key; proximate cause, causa causans [Lat.]; straw that breaks the camel's back.    ground; reason, reason why; why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation; final cause etc. (intention) 620; les dessous des cartes [Fr.]; undercurrents.    rudiment.    egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule^†, radicle, semen, sperm.    nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed.    causality, causation; origination; production etc. 161.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 154: effect, consequence; aftergrowth^†, aftercome^†; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance^†; upshot, issue, denouement; end etc. 67; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud.    production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance; creature, creation; offspring, offshoot; firstfruits^†, firstlings; heredity, telegony^†; premices premises^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 562: word, term, vocable; name etc. 564; phrase etc. 566; root, etymon; derivative; part of speech etc. (grammar) 567; ideophone^†.    dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, glossary; index, concordance; thesaurus; gradus [Lat.], delectus [Lat.].    etymology, derivation; glossology^†, terminology orismology^†; paleology etc. (philology) 560^†.    lexicography; glossographer etc. (scholar) 492; lexicologist, verbarian^†.    ... meer laten zien

historical linguistics An explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase.

synoniemen: deriving, etymologizing.

A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions.

descriptive linguistics The process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation.

Nederlands: afleiding, derivatie
Pools: derywacja

Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline.

synoniemen: ancestry, filiation, lineage.

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.

Nederlands: afleiding