noun (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase noun (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation noun drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation noun a line of reasoning tha...
(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase synonyms: deriving, etymologizing see more Cite this entry Style: MLA "Derivation." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/derivation. Accessed 02 Dec. 2024. Copy ci...
meanings of many words often relate directly to their origins. In other words the history of the word explains the meaning of the word・ 词源理据:很多词的意义经常直接与其来源直接相关。换言之,词的历史解释了其意义。 Word-meaning is not monogeneous but a composite consisting...