古英語のsot, soot, sootから、原語ゲルマン語*sota, soot, greaseから、sitjana, to sitから、PIE*sed, to sitから、語源的にはsit, sedateと同じ。比喩的用法。
英語の語源
soot
soot: [OE] Soot is etymologically that which ‘sits’ on something – that is, a film which settles on a surface. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *sōtam, which was descended from the Indo-European base *sōd-, *sed- ‘sit’ (source also of English settle, sit, etc). By the time it reached English it had become specialized in meaning to the ‘fine black particles produced by burning’. => settle, sit
soot (n.)
Old English sot "soot," from Proto-Germanic *sotam "soot" (cognates: Old Norse sot, Old Dutch soet, North Frisian sutt), literally "what settles," from PIE *sod-o- (cognates: Old Church Slavonic sa?da, Lithuanian suod?iai, Old Irish suide, Breton huzel "soot"), suffixed form of root *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sedentary).
例文
1. Their faces were blackened with soot .
彼らは石炭灰でいっぱいだ。
2. Soot is the product of the imperfect combusion of fuel.
煤煙は燃料不完全燃焼の産物である。
3. Soot is usually the product of the imperfect combustion of fuel.
煤煙は通常、燃料が不完全に燃焼する生成物である。
4.The inside of a chimney soon gets covered in soot .