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 ...
Definitions
- The person, place, or thing from which something ...
Ancestry of “source”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sours | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “source”