derive
verb (used with object)
to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed byfrom ).
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No hurt, verily, onely the word signifies, and the reason is, saith Varro, being a great deriver from originals, it is called occiput for that the former part of the head looks likest the Oxe.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen