Where does “secularity” come from?
Secularity comes from English secular plus the suffix -ity, from French -ité, from Latin -itas, derived from Latin -aris and -alis, both from Latin -itas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -it-.
secularity (English): The state of being secular
Definitions
- The state of being secular
Ancestry of “secularity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | secular | Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as... |
| 2 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 3 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 4 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 5 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 6 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |