Soot

Morpheme

Soot

Type

free base

Denotation

fine black particles deposited by burning materials

Etymology

Middle English soot, soote, sote, sot, from Old English sōt

Evidence

soot, sootball, sooted, sootied, sootier, sooties, sootiest, sooting, sootless, sootlike, sootproof, soots, sooty, sootying