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Where everything begins and where every argument goes to die.
means The place, person, thing, or document from which something originates, flows, or can be verified.
from From Old French 'sourse' or 'sors,' meaning a spring or fountainhead — literally the spot where water rises from the ground. That word is the feminine past participle of 'sourdre,' to rise or spring up, which traces back to Latin 'surgere,' 'to rise' (the same root that surges through 'surge' and 'resurrection'). So a source was first a literal wellspring; only later did the word flow downhill into rivers of meaning — the origin of rumors, rivers, and citations alike.
- latin root
- From surgere, to rise, like a spring from earth
- journalism
- Reporters jail rather than reveal one
- open secret
- Open source code runs most of the internet
- rivers
- A river's source is often a humble trickle
- physics
- Every wave needs a source to exist
the source code — linux kernel, 20+ million lines of publicly available code
source magazine — british music publication founded 1973, covering hip-hop and urban culture
source records — detroit techno label established 1989 by jeff mills and robert hood