Soil

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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

See Also

Soil

Homographs

Soil, Soil