fons

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-3) water issuing from the ground, a spring
2. (declension-3, plural-normally, poetic) the water or waters of a river, sea etc.
3. (declension-3, metonymically) a well, fountain or font (a large container where water pools)
4. (declension-3, metonymically) a well, fountain or font (a large container where water pools)
5. (broadly, declension-3) the origin or source of a river (also figuratively)
6. (broadly, declension-3) the origin or source of a river (also figuratively)

Concepten

bron

wel

fontein

⛲

welput

Synoniemen

scaturigo

Vertalingen

fuente

fonte

Quelle

source

πηγή

fonte

spring

kanî

kaynak

pınar

fount

manantial

κεφαλάρι

font

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈfõːs]

Etymologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *fontis, from earlier *θontis, from a Proto-Indo-European root cognate with Sanskrit धन्वति (dhanvati, “flows, runs”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰónh₂-ti-s, from *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”).