derive from sth
— phrasal verb with derive uk/dɪˈraɪv/us/dɪˈraɪv/verb
C1 to come from something:
The English word "olive" is derived from the Latin word "oliva".
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Origins and sources
- be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc. idiom
- beginning
- birthplace
- born
- breeding ground
- come from somewhere/sth
- fount
- genesis
- hail from somewhere
- issue
- issue from sth
- origin
- root
- seed
- son
- source
- stem
- stem from sth
- the cradle of sth idiom
- ur-
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