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English word soil comes from Old French (842-ca. 1400) souillier

souillier (Old French)

(figuratively) to tarnish (a reputation, etc.). To dirty; to stain.

suylen (Middle English)

soil (English)

(countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.. (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes. (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.. (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.. (transitive) To make dirty.. (transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.. To enrich with soil or [...]

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