wellspring

English

Etymology

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

Noun

wellspring (plural wellsprings)

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