-sol
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “soil” of the kind specified by the initial element:
spodosol.
Origin
< Latin solum soil
Related Words
- alfisol
- aridisol
- entisol
- histosol
- inceptisol
- latosol
-sola word part meaning 'soil'.
-sol
combining form
- in nouns denoting different kinds and states of soil［构成名词］表示“各种类型的土壤”：
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histosol
vertisol.
词源
from Latin solum 'soil'.
ORIGIN: from Latin solum floor, ground, soil.
-sol
Suffix
- soil science Forming the names of different kinds of soil.
Etymology
From Latin solum (“floor, ground”).