source

n. origin; starting point; source code (Computers)

v. originate from; reveal the origin of something; obtain from a particular supplier

Source may refer to:ResearchSource text, in research (especially in the humanities), a source of information referred to by citationPrimary source, firsthand written evidence of history made at the time of the event by someone who was presentSecondary source, written accounts of history based upon the evidence from primary sourcesTertiary source, compilations based upon primary and secondary sources
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Source Vox populi The point from which a thing originates, arises, emanates, springs forth, hell, you get the picture. [more]Source - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
(synonym) beginning, origin, root, rootage
(hypernym) point
(hyponym) derivation
2. a person who supplies information
(synonym) informant
(hypernym) communicator
(hyponym) informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber
3. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
(synonym) reference
(hypernym) publication
4. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story"
(hypernym) document, written document, papers
(hyponym) source materials
5. a facility where something is available
(hypernym) facility, installation
(hyponym) Golconda
6. anything that provides inspiration for later work
(synonym) seed, germ
(hypernym) inspiration
(hyponym) taproot
7. someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"
(synonym) generator, author
(hypernym) maker, shaper
(hyponym) coiner
8. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system; "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide"
(antonym) sink
(hypernym) natural process, natural action, action, activity
(classification) engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology
9. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"
(synonym) reservoir
(hypernym) thing
Verb
1. get (a product) from another country or business; "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"
(hypernym) obtain
(hyponym) outsource
2. specify the origin of; "The writer carefully sourced her report"
(hypernym) document
(derivation) reference

n. spring, source, fountain; well, fountainhead