Where does “source” come from?
Source comes from Middle English sours, from Old French sorse, from Old French sors, from Old French sourdre, from Latin surgere, ultimately from Latin surgo meaning to rise or spring up.
source (English): The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
Definitions
- The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
Ancestry of “source”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sours | A source or origin; that which something originates from |
| 2 | Old French | sorse | rise, beginning, spring, source |
| 3 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 5 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 6 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |