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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