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- DictionaryFons et o·ri·go/ˌfänz et əˈrīɡō/
noun
- 1. the source and origin of something: "they recognized the sixties as the fons et origo of music as they knew it"
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Feb 1, 2022 · The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English
Fons Et Origo Definition. fänz et ōrīgō, fänz et ōrēgō. Meanings. Definition Source. Noun. Filter. noun. Source and origin. Webster's New World.
fons et origo. the spring and source. Notes "The fountainhead and beginning". The source and origin.
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The comic ubiquity of something as commonplace as a carpetbag, enhanced as much by the Platonic capitals as by the prefatory pauses (in which one all but hears a drum roll), is apparently the fons et origo of many comparable jokes since the 1850s.
