wellspring

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noun

Plural noun:

wellsprings

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

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