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Word: Fons_et_origo
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Latin, originally as fons et origo mali ‘the source and origin of evil’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌfɒnz ɛt əˈrʌɪɡəʊ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌfɒns ɛt əˈriːɡəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the source and origin of something
Short Definition:source and origin of something
Examples:- they recognized the sixties as the fons et origo of music as they knew it
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