The phrase "about the derivation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the origin or source of something, particularly in academic or technical contexts.
Example: "In this paper, we will explore the theories about the derivation of the mathematical formula."
Alternatives: "regarding the derivation" or "concerning the derivation".
People always ask me about the derivation of "Shorto".
Who wouldn't want to read about the derivation of the word "gormless"?
No one in the family is quite sure about the derivation of the cowboy moniker.
Learning about the derivation of plant varieties through generations of crossbreeding accentuated his longstanding fascination with his own genetic origins.
For those wondering about the derivation of the name Panamera, Mr. Pryor said it came from La Carrera Panamericana, "a famous road race back in the '50s".
There are various theories about the derivation of its Delaware Indian place-name; one holds that it means "corn (maize) land," others allude to "trees" and "mills".
Further details about the derivations of the formulae can be found in the Methods section.
Because of an editing error, an article on Sept. 25 about acronyms misstated the derivation of the word "swag," in a reference to gifts given to celebrities at New York Fashion Week.
Anything I might say about or against the derivation of movies from great works of literature is gainsaid by what's at the top of my all-time-top-ten list, the adaptation of "King Lear," by Jean-Luc Godard (and, high on the list that follows it, of younger filmmakers' greats, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Berlin Alexanderplatz").
In the validation of clinical criteria for sepsis, unfortunately, there was no clear mention to the added benefit of lactate for patients with SOFA scores <2, possibly because of lactate values missingness in the derivation (about 60%) and validation cohorts (about 90%) [10].
Levin (1993) [1] included limited discussion of zero-related nominals (this term contrasts with zero-derived in that it makes no assumptions about the direction of the derivation), but eschewed treatment of derivationally related nouns.
