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fons et origo

fons et origo noun: the source and origin.

Noun

fons et origo

  1. The source and origin.
    • Athens was the fons et origo of democracy.
    • I seem to understand that this gentleman […] is the fons et origo of the trouble; and, from what I gather, he has already paid through the nose.1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “Final Adjustment of the Leather Business”, in The Wrong Box, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 282

Origin of fons et origo

Borrowed from Latin fōns et orīgō (literally “source and origin”).

Questions about fons et origo

What does fons et origo mean?
Fons et origo means the source and origin.
What part of speech is fons et origo?
Fons et origo is a noun.

Words near fons et origo in the dictionary

  1. fonofos
  2. Fonoifua
  3. Fonoifua Island
  4. FONOPs
  5. fons
  6. fons et origo
  7. fons honorum
  8. Fonseca
  9. Fonseca's disease
  10. Fonsecas
  11. fonsecinone

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