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(1): the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
(2): an act of ascertaining or stating the derivation of a word
(3): etymology 1 b: the relation of a word to its base2 a: source, origin b: descent, origination3: something derived : derivative4: an act or process of deriving5: a sequence of statements (as in logic or mathematics) showing that a result is a necessary consequence of previously accepted statements
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