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Where does “soyl” come from?
soyl (Middle English) comes from Old French soil, from Frankish sōlja.
Ancestry of “soyl”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old French
soil
—
2
Frankish
sōlja
—
Words derived from “soyl”
soil
subsoil
topsoil
soilless
subsoiling
soilborne
soiler
undersoil
subsoiler
paleosoil
soily
nonsoil
topsoiling
soillike
unsoilable
antisoil
unsoiling
soilable
soiliness
soilsome
soilage
Free-Soilism
desoil
gleysoil
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