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