fount
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfountfount /faʊnt/ noun → the fount of all knowledge/wisdom etcExamples from the Corpusfount• The monarch was also entitled, as the fount of Justice, to the profits of his lawcourts.• The mental powers, which made that spiritual quest possible, were the fount of human uniqueness - not a cosmic position.• The traditional founts of charity, the church and the local gentry, had dried up.Origin fount (1500-1600) fountain