Morpheme
Soil
Type
free base
Denotation
land, earth, ground, area, place
Etymology
Middle English soile, soyle, sule; Anglo-Norman soil; merger of (1) Old French sol; Latin solum, (2) Old French soeul, sueil; Latin solium, (3) Old French soil, soille, from soillier
Evidence
soil, soilage, soilless, soils, subsoil, topsoil