If you want to talk about something that comes from something else, but you want to sound sophisticated and maybe financial or scientific, use derive, like so: That scent? It's derived from a solution of roses boiled with toothpicks.
1. a. To obtain or receive from a source: a dance that is derived from the samba; confidence that is derived from years of experience. b. Chemistry To produce or obtain (a compound) from another substance by chemical reaction. 2. Linguistics a. To trace the origin or development of (a word).
DERIVED definition: to draw or be drawn (from) in source or origin ; trace or be traced | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English
to come from or trace from a source or origin: [ ~ + obj + from + obj]: We can derive the word deduct from Latin.[ ~ + from + obj]: The word deduct derives from Latin. de•rive (di rīv′), v., -rived, -riv•ing. to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually fol. by from). to trace from a source or origin. infer.
The meaning of DERIVED is being, possessing, or marked by a character (such as the large brain in humans) not present in the ancestral form. How to use derived in a sentence.
derived (not comparable) (systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.
