wellspring

[ wel-spring ]
/ ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ /
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noun

the head or source of a spring, stream, river, etc.; fountainhead.
a source or supply of anything, especially when considered inexhaustible: a wellspring of affection.

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Origin of wellspring

before 900; Middle English welle spring, Old English wyllspring; see well2, spring

Words nearby wellspring

wellness, wellpoint, wells, wells' syndrome, wells, h. g., wellspring, welly, welp, wels, welsbach burner, welsh
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Words related to wellspring

origin, root, source, beginning, fountainhead, aquifer

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British Dictionary definitions for wellspring

wellspring
/ (ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ) /

noun

the source of a spring or stream; fountainhead
a source of continual or abundant supply

Word Origin for wellspring

Old English welspryng, wylspring; see well ², spring
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