wellspring

[ wel-spring ]
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noun
  1. the head or source of a spring, stream, river, etc.; fountainhead.

  2. a source or supply of anything, especially when considered inexhaustible: a wellspring of affection.

Origin of wellspring

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English welle spring, Old English wyllspring(e); see origin at well2, spring

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wellspring

/ (ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the source of a spring or stream; fountainhead

  2. a source of continual or abundant supply

Origin of wellspring

1
Old English welspryng, wylspring; see well ², spring

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