source
noun
[ sɔːs ]
• a place, person, or thing from which something originates or can be obtained.
• "mackerel is a good source of fish oil"
Similar:
origin,
place of origin,
birthplace,
spring,
wellspring,
fount,
starting point,
history,
pedigree,
provenance,
derivation,
root,
etymology,
beginning,
genesis,
start,
rise,
cause,
author,
originator,
initiator,
creator,
inventor,
architect,
father,
mother,
provenience,
fountainhead,
begetter,
radix,
• a body or process by which energy or a particular component enters a system.
• "major sources and sinks exist for atmospheric oxygen"
source
verb
• obtain from a particular source.
• "each type of coffee is sourced from one country"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French sours(e ), past participle of sourdre ‘to rise’, from Latin surgere .
