Meaning

noun the state of being covered with unclean things

noun the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

noun material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

originFrom Middle English soile, soyle, sule (“ground, earth”), partly from Anglo-Norman soyl (“bottom, ground, pavement”), from Latin solium (“seat, chair; throne”), mistaken for Latin solum (“ground, foundation, earth, sole of the foot”); and partly from Old English sol (“mud, mire, wet sand”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mud, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with…

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