Noun

• S: (n) deriving, derivation, etymologizing ((historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase)

Verb

• S: (v) deduce, infer, deduct, derive (reason by deduction; establish by deduction)
• S: (v) derive, gain (obtain) "derive pleasure from one's garden"
• S: (v) derive (come from) "The present name derives from an older form"
• S: (v) derive, educe (develop or evolve from a latent or potential state)
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) derive, come, descend (come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example) "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"