ur-source

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

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noun

"If this lecture is indeed the ur-source of “America's Best Idea,” it is ironic that Bryce's flattery has been remembered, even streamlined, while the rest of his address has been entirely forgotten."
"For one thing, all the articles seemed to be traceable to a single ur-source, an article in Yonhap news (link in Korean)."

From ur- + source.

ur-sources (plural)

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