source

English

/sɔɹs/, /sɔːs/, /so(ː)ɹs/, /soəs/

noun
Definitions
  • The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
  • Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
  • A reporter's informant.
  • (computing) source Source code.
  • (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sours derived from Old French sorse (source, spring, rise, beginning) derived from Latin surgō (rise).

Origin

Latin

surgō

Gloss

rise

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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