Derival
/[dɪˈɹaɪvəɫ]/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The derivation of a word. countable, rare, uncountable
"As to the origin of all the forms in the above list, it clearly cannot belong to English philology to do much more than indicate the source from which we received them. Their derival into French from Latin has therefore been only slightly touched upon."
Example
More examples"As to the origin of all the forms in the above list, it clearly cannot belong to English philology to do much more than indicate the source from which we received them. Their derival into French from Latin has therefore been only slightly touched upon."
Etymology
Of derive + -al. Attested from the 1870s.
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