Main Entry:

¹source

Pronunciation:

\ˈsȯrs\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English sours, from Anglo-French surse spring, source, from past participle of surdre to rise, spring forth, from Latin surgere — more at surge

Date:

14th century

1 a: a generative force : cause b (1): a point of origin or procurement : beginning (2): one that initiates : author ; also : prototype, model (3): one that supplies information2 a: the point of origin of a stream of water : fountainhead barchaic : spring, fount3: a firsthand document or primary reference work4: an electrode in a field-effect transistor that supplies the charge carriers for current flow — compare drain, gate

synonyms see origin

— source·less \-ləs\ adjective