One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
One who had the same role or function in former times.
One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
An earlier type; a progenitor
A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
To be an ancestor of.
The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
A reporter's informant.
Source code.
The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.
To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for.