Sentence examples for perhaps deriving from inspiring English sources

The word cock was first recorded in use as a vulgar term for the penis in 1618, perhaps deriving from one of the word's other meanings "a spout or short pipe serving as a channel for passing liquids through".

Not only were the earlier modes of facet and boss cutting continued, but (perhaps deriving from them) two splendid new styles were created, one of linear intaglio, the other of relief cutting (outlines were left in relief by cutting back the ground and were then enlivened by crosshatching).

…branch, perhaps derived from primitive hyracodonts.

Unabridged Note: Perhaps derived from Stylocline micropoides × Stylocline psilocarphoides.

Its name perhaps derives from an Iroquois word for "prairie".

They were a side branch, perhaps derived from primitive hyracodonts.

Her toughness and willingness to stand up for herself is perhaps derived from her working-class background.

Another innovation, perhaps derived from the same source, is the use of colours applied over the glaze.

Betjeman had an eye and ear as acute as Mark Twain's, perhaps derived from the same social dislocation.

Halloween parties often include games such as bobbing for apples, perhaps derived from the Roman celebration of Pomona.

The name Holland perhaps derives from the region around Dordrecht, which was known as Holtland ("Wooden Land").