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@@ 1305,7 1305,8 @@ store.  To instruct the daemon to perform a build action, users actually
 provide it with a @dfn{derivation}.  A derivation is a low-level
 representation of the build actions to be taken, and the environment in
 which they should occur---derivations are to package definitions what
-assembly is to C programs.
+assembly is to C programs.  The term ``derivation'' comes from the fact
+that build results @emph{derive} from them.
 
 This chapter describes all these APIs in turn, starting from high-level
 package definitions.