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Where does “-sol” come from?

-sol (English) comes from Latin sōlum, from Proto-Indo-European swol- — sole; sole of the foot.

-sol (English): soil

Definitions

  1. soil

Ancestry of “-sol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsōlum—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswol-sole; sole of the foot

Words derived from “-sol”

  • paleosol
  • anthrosol
  • organosol
  • histosol
  • geosol
  • gleysol
  • lithosol
  • aridisol
  • fluvisol
  • cryosol
  • gleysolic
  • paleosolic
  • vitrosol
  • anthroposol
  • cryosolic
  • lithosolic
  • technosol
  • calcisol
  • stagnosol
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