wellspring
- The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
- (figuratively) A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɛlsprɪŋ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English wellespring, from Old English wiellspring, wiellġespring (“spring, fount, fountain”), corresponding to well + spring. More at well, spring.
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