Source
/sɔːrs/noun
A point, place, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.
Did you know?“Source” comes from Latin *surgere*, “to rise,” so its deep history is tied to emergence and upward movement rather than a mystical object or spell.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ser-
“to rise, flow, move up”
Latin
Latin
surgere
“to rise, get up”
Late Latin
Latin
sors, sortis
“a lot, fate, share”
Old French
Old French
sourse
“a spring, fountain, source”
Middle English
English
source
“a spring or fountain; a starting point”
Modern English
English
source
“the point of origin or beginning of something”