source

French

noun

Definitions

source, spring (of water)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sorse (source, spring, rise, beginning) inherited from Latin surgere, surgo (rise).

Origin

Latin

surgere, surgo

Gloss

rise

Concept

Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

surgere, surgo Latin
surgō Latin
sourcer French
sourcier French
sours Middle English
sorse Old French
sursă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
sous Haitian, Haitian Creole
lasours Mauritian Creole
lasours Seychellois Creole