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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fons et origo /ˌfɒnz ɛt ˈɒrɪgəʊ, ɒˈrʌɪgəʊ/

▶noun the source and origin of something.

– origin L., orig. as fons et origo mali ‘the source and origin of evil’.

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