## Meanings
1. A structure that shoots water into the air, usually for decoration in a garden or public place.
2. A natural spring where water rises from the ground.
3. A rich source or origin of something.

## Examples
- Tourists threw coins into the fountain in the square.
- A clear fountain bubbled up at the foot of the hill.
- She was a fountain of knowledge about local history.

## Derived Forms
- fountaindale
- fountaineer
- fountaingrass
- fountainhead
- fountainless
- fountainlet
- fountainlike
- fountainous
- fountainwise

## Related Forms
- font

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fontaine
- Root: fontana
- Root: fontanus

## Etymology
From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”).

## AI Etymology
Fountain comes from Middle English; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”). In current use, the main senses are “A structure that shoots water into the air, usually for decoration in a garden or public place” and “A natural spring where water rises from the ground”.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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