soot

English

/sʊt/, /sʌt/

noun
Definitions
  • Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English soot inherited from Old English sōt inherited from Proto-Germanic *sōtą (soot) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (sit), *sed- (sit).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sed-

Gloss

sit

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Kanji

座

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