## Etymology
From Middle English bodily, from body + -ly; body is from Old English bodig ('trunk, frame'), of uncertain further origin with no clear cognates outside West Germanic.

## AI Etymology
Bodily is from Middle English bodily, from body + -ly; body is from Old English bodig ('trunk, frame'), of uncertain further origin with no clear cognates outside West Germanic. Important recorded forms include bodig (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers relating to the body; as a whole physical entity. The wider family includes related words such as body.

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- The Human Body
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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