Birth
Birth noun - The act or instance of being born.
Derivation is a synonym for birth in ancestry topic. In some cases you can use "Derivation" instead a noun "Birth", when it comes to topics like heritage.
Derivation
Derivation noun - Something that naturally develops or is developed from something else.
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How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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A few years later, more parents, apparently having heard the name but not knowing its derivation, or being appallingly lax in spell-checking birth certificate forms, began naming their daughters "Neveah".
Source: The Red Stapler
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