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Added 9 October 2026

wellspring

/ˈwɛlsprɪŋ/ noun

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The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource.

Origin

From Middle English wellespring, from Old English wiellspring, wiellġespring (“spring, fount, fountain”), corresponding to well + spring. More at well, spring.

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