Where does “secular” come from?
Secular comes from Old French seculer, from Latin saecularis, formed with the Latin adjectival suffixes -aris and -alis, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European suffix -li-.
secular (English): Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as...
Definitions
- Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as...
Ancestry of “secular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 2 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 3 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 4 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 5 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |