Esperanto has an excellent derivation system.
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Derivation
/ˌdɛ.ɹɪˈveɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
Synonyms for "derivation" (229 found)
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Closest matches (46)
acceptanceaccidenceacquisitionadmissionadmittanceadoptionaffiliationaffixaffixationallomorphancestryapparentationappropriationassumptionbeginningbirthbloodbloodlineborrowed plumesbound morpheme
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bowwow theorybranchbreedby productby-productcognatecommencementcommon ancestrycomparative linguisticsconceptionconclusionconjugationconsanguinityconsequenceconsequentcopyingcorollarycuttingdeclensiondeduction
Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (69)
Noun(14 words)
derivativederivingdescentdescriptive linguisticsdevelopmentdialectologydifference of formdingdong theorydirect linedistaff sidedistillatedoubleteffectencliticeponymeponymyetymologyetymoneventeventuality
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eventuationextractionfamilyfemale linefiliationfolk etymologyformativefoundationfountainfree formfruitgenealogygenesisgettingglossematicsglossologyglottochronologyglottologygrammargraphemicsgrass rootsharvestheadhistorical linguisticshouseic analysisillationimitationimmediate constituent analysisinceptioninductioninferenceinfixinfixationinflection
Related words (114)
infringementissuelanguage studylegacylexicologylexicostatisticslineline of descentlineagelinguistic geographylinguistic sciencelinguisticslogical outcomemale linemathematical linguisticsmockingmorphmorphememorphemic analysismorphemics
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morphologymorphophonemicsoffshootoffspringoriginoriginaloriginationoutcomeoutgrowthpaleographyparadigmpasticciopastichepedigreephilologyphoneticsphonologyphylumpiratingplagiarismplagiaryprecipitateprefixprefixationprimitiveprocliticproductprovenanceproveniencepsycholinguisticsraceradicalradixreceiptreceivalreceivingreceptionresultresultantriserootseedsemantic historysemanticsseptsequelsequelasequencesequentsidesimulationsociolinguisticssourcespear sidespindle sidestemstirpsstockstrainstructuralismsuccessionsuffixsuffixationsword sidesyntacticstakingtaprootthemetransformational linguisticsupshotwellwellspringwhenceword formationword historyword-formation
Noun(14 words)
Adjective(2 words)
logical demonstrationwomanlike
Determiner(1 words)
most proof
Verb(1 words)
prove a claim
Related word relations
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More general
21 entriesaccountactbeginningdeeddrawingdrawing offexplanationhereditary patternhuman actionhuman activityillationinferenceinheritancelinguistic processlogicmorphology
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More specific
8 entriesCollocations
6 entriesderived wordetymology studymorpheme analysisprefixation rulessuffixation patternsword formation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- диференциране noun (math: operation of deducing)
Czech
1 entries- derivace noun (math: operation of deducing)
Dutch
1 entries- afleiding noun (math: operation of deducing)
Finnish
1 entries- johtaminen noun (math: operation of deducing)
Georgian
1 entries- გაწარმოება noun (math: operation of deducing)
German
1 entries- Derivation noun (math: operation of deducing)
Hungarian
1 entries- deriválás noun (math: operation of deducing)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- derivasjon noun (math: operation of deducing)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- derivasjon noun (math: operation of deducing)
Romanian
1 entries- derivare noun (math: operation of deducing)
Slovak
1 entries- derivácia noun (math: operation of deducing)
Spanish
2 entries- derivación noun (math: operation of deducing)
- derivada noun (math: operation of deducing)
Swedish
2 entries- derivering noun (math: operation of deducing)
- härledning noun (math: operation of deducing)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Some people find derivation to be more logical and regular in Ido than in Esperanto.
Source: tatoeba (9432738)
Linguistic purism is a silly idea; compounding, conversion, and derivation can only take you so far.
Source: tatoeba (13692873)
the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root
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