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noun

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being

• properties attributable to your ancestry

• an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

• the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero

• the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

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noun

• Something derived; a derivative.

verb

• To derive.

adjective

• Derived; derivative.

29%11Derivation scholar
noun

• a lexicographer who specializes in etymology

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