Where does “worldly” come from?
Worldly comes from Old English woruldlīċ, from Proto-Germanic weraldilīkaz, a compound of "world" and a suffix meaning "like" or "of the nature of."
worldly (English): Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical...
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- Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical...
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