wellspring

well·spring

the source of a stream, spring, etc.; fountainhead
a source of abundant and continual supply: a wellspring of knowledge

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The source of a stream or spring.
A source: a wellspring of ideas.

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Noun

(plural wellsprings)

The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource.

Origin

From Middle English wellespring, from Old English wiellspring, wiellÄ¡espring (“spring, fount, fountain"), corresponding to well +"Ž spring. More at well, spring.

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