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fount

Meaningspring

Common meaning: source of water or something valuable

Journey through time

  1. Latinfons‘spring’source
  2. Old Frenchfunt‘spring’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsspring → source of water or something valuablefount‘source of water or something valuable’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin fons ‘spring’.

Roots

  • fons Latin “spring”

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