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20 answers for: The-derivation-of-a-word
RANKANSWERCLUE
ETYMOLOGYThe derivation of a word
UPWARDLYPart of the derivation of the word 'yuppie', along with 'mobile' (8)
CONFETTIThis word is an Italian plural form meaning "sweetmeat." That word comes from a variety of Latin derivations of a word meaning "to prepare." First known use in English: 1815. It refers to small bits o
ETYMDerivation of a word; abbr.
ORIGINFrom Latin for "to rise", the source or derivation of a name, river, word or anything else; or, one's ancestry (6)
LARDERIn particular, derivation of a food store (6)
EAEDay's ___, derivation of the name Daisy (3)
ANTLERLearnt derivation of horn (6)
DIVAPrima donna is a derivation from the orient (4)
ERFPlot of land (of South African derivation), as found in riper fruit! (1,1,1)
ASIALandmass whose toponym derivation, thought to come from the Greek for "sunrise" and Assyrian for "east", is uncertain, despite belonging to the world's largest continent (4)
ORIGINALOne trap in test of derivation
BEDEOld historian be of French derivation (4)
SATURNALIAWild revels of Australian derivation (10)
DUDOf Urdu derivation, it means no good
JUGOSLAVBroken oval jugs of foreign derivation
DECADENTPour out liquid of French derivation inside that is deteriorating (8)
STARTDerivation
HISTORYDerivation
BASEDerivation