Etymology

rigosol

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Today it means: A deeply ploughed agricultural soil type. Full definition →

French rigole
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The story

  1. French · derived fromrigole“drainage ditch”
  2. English todayrigosol

From French rigole (“drainage ditch”) + -sol.

Words from the same roots

Frenchrigole all →

rigolet

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