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Translation

spring (of water); source

Word origin

From Latin fons ('spring, fountain'), the shape closest to Italian fonte. English fountain and font came through the same Latin word, and like the Esperanto word, source flows from water to information.

Origin
Latin
Root
fons
English cognates
fountain, font

Examples

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We drank water from the spring.

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The river has its source in the mountains.

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The newspaper is his source of news.

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This word is part of lesson 24.