wellspring[noun]Synonyms: source, fountain, fountainhead, inception, origin, provenance, provenience, root, well, wellhead
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
well‧spring /ˈwelˌsprɪŋ/
noun [countable] literary1. a large amount of a personal quality
wellspring of
There was a wellspring of courage within her.2. the situation or place where something begins
wellspring of Las Vegas became the wellspring of a new style of family values. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲