myEtymology.com: English etymology of fountainhead

Etymology of the English word fountainhead

the English word fountainhead

derived from the English word fountain

derived from the Old French word fontaine

derived from the Latin word fontana

derived from the Classical Latin word fontanus (of a spring)

derived from the Latin word fons (spring, fountain, well)

derived from the English word head

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khaubuthan

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)

Word found in Modern English