The story
- Latin · derived fromdērīvātiō, dērīvātiōnem
- Middle French · derived fromdérivation
- Middle English · inherited fromderivacioun
- English todayderivation
From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin dērīvātiō, dērīvātiōnem. Morphologically derive + -ation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.