derive
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin dērīvō, from dē ("away") + rīvus ("a stream"); see rival.
Pronunciation- IPA: /dɪˈɹaɪv/
derive (derives, present participle deriving; simple past and past participle derived)
- (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
- (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
- (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
- (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
- (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).
- her excellent organisation skills derive from her time as a secretary in the army
- To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC ↗:Book 33
- For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.
- French: dériver, découler (from - de)
- German: abstammen, kommen von (colloquial)
- Portuguese: derivar
- Russian: происходи́ть
- Spanish: derivar
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