English
soot
Soot comes from Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sōtąreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sōt
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500soot
- Englishearliest quotation 1707soot
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sōtąreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sōt
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500soot
- Englishearliest quotation 1707soot
Earliest quotation: 1707, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or: “soot land”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, method, session, chair, resident, settle, assess, nest, possess, siege, niche, saddle, exodus, reside, subsidy, sedan, residue, residual, sediment, nye, insidious, sedentary, dissident, beset, prasad, cathode, sedative, setter, obsess, anode, sedate, chaise, presidio, sate, 96 more
through Old English sōt
through Middle English soot
Today it means
noun Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / soot