deverbative

 [dee-vur-buh-tiv]  

de·verb·a·tive

   [dee-vur-buh-tiv] Grammar
adjective
1.
(especially of nouns) derived from a verb, as the noun driver from the verb drive.
2.
indicating derivation from a verb, as the suffix -er in driver or -ment in development.
noun
3.
a deverbative word.

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Deverbative is always a great word to know.
So is lozenge. Does it mean:
a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
diamond
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Origin:
1910–15; de- + verb + -ative, by analogy with denominative
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