B2🔤 Letters D & E
Italian word
derivare
to derive, to originate from; to drift (nautical)
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to derive
to obtain or originate from a source
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Good match. But English 'to derive pleasure' = 'trarre piacere', NOT 'derivare piacere'. Italian 'derivare' is mainly used for origin/derivation, not for psychological states.
To say "to obtain or originate from a source" in Italian:
derivare
"derivare" in English means:
to derive, to originate from; to drift (nautical)
Example
"Questa parola deriva dal latino."
"This word derives from Latin."
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