You make a strong argument. source sôrs/ noun noun: source; plural noun: sources
1.
a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.
"mackerel is a good source of fish oil"
synonyms: origin, birthplace, spring, fountainhead, fount, starting point, ground zero; More
history, provenance, derivation, root, beginning, genesis, start, rise;
author, originator, initiator, inventor
"the source of the rumor"
a spring or fountainhead from which a river or stream issues.
"the source of the Nile"
synonyms: spring, origin, headspring, headwater(s); literarywellspring
"the source of the river"
a person who provides information.
"military sources announced a reduction in strategic nuclear weapons"
a book or document used to provide evidence in research.
synonyms: reference, authority, material, document, informant
"a historian uses primary and secondary sources"
technical
a body or process by which energy or a particular component enters a system.
Electronics
a part of a field-effect transistor from which carriers flow into the inter-electrode channel.
verb verb: source; 3rd person present: sources; past tense: sourced; past participle: sourced; gerund or present participle: sourcing
1.
obtain from a particular source.
"each type of coffee is sourced from one country"