Etymology

vertisol

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Today it means: A clay soil, containing a high content of montmorillonite, that forms deep cracks in drier conditions. Full definition →

Latin vertere
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvertere“turn”
  2. English todayvertisol

From Latin vertere (“turn”) + -i- + sol (“soil”).

Words from the same roots

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