Morphological derivation
IN LINGUISTICS, THE PROCESS OF FORMING A NEW WORD ON THE BASIS OF AN EXISTING ONE
Derivation(linguistics); Derivative (linguistics); Derivational morphology; Derivational Morphology; Derivational affix; Derivational rule; Derivation (linguistics)
Morphological derivation, in linguistics, is the process of forming a new word from an existing word, often by adding a prefix or suffix, such as For example, unhappy and happiness derive from the root word happy.