font

holy water font

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

  • From Old English font, an early borrowing from Latin fons ("fountain").
  • Borrowed from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre.
  • Apparently from fount, with influence from the senses above (under etymology 1).

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