That title shouldn’t be confused with some popular meanings.
For those who are good at language, histories or etymological accounts of words would count as sources of words. In this sense, sources of words feel like origins of words.
For those who are looking to improve their language skills, especially in the context of a non-native language, they wouldn’t even be aware of words. They need to come across words. Consciously knowing the sources of words, so that they could come across words, would help. Sources of words for such folks would just be where the words are available in abundance, where words can drown them, where they have to wade through words and words, plenty of them.
Sources of words are not origins.
Sources of words are huge collections of words. One would point to the dictionary. Sure. And there are non-textbooks. Sources of words are containers of words. Any word can pop-open a container of words.
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