fount

[fount] Origin

fount

1[fount]
noun
1.
a spring of water; fountain.
2.
a source or origin: a fount of inspiration to his congregation.

Origin:
1585–95; short for fountain

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fount

2[fount, font]
noun British Printing.
font2.
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fount1 (faʊnt)
 
n
1.  poetic a spring or fountain
2.  source or origin
 
[C16: back formation from fountain]

fount2 (faʊnt, fɒnt)
 
n
printing another word for font
 
[C16: from Old French fonte a founding, casting, from Vulgar Latin funditus (unattested) a casting, from Latin fundere to melt; see found³]

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fount
1593, probably a shortening of fountain, infl. by M.Fr. font "fount," first found in Shakespeare.
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