font·al \ˈfäntəl\adjective Etymology: Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin fontalis baptismal, from Latin, of a fountain, spring or source, from font-, fons + -alis -al 1.: relating to a font, fountain, source, or origin : original, primary < from the fontal light of ideas only can a man draw intellectual power — S.T.Coleridge > 2.: baptismal