'bodilyness' originates from English, formed by adding the suffix '-ness' to 'bodily', where 'bodily' is derived from 'body'.

'bodilyness' developed from Middle English forms such as 'bodilnesse' (from 'bodily' + '-nesse'), with 'bodily' formed from 'body' + '-ly'; 'body' itself comes from Old English 'bodig'.

Initially it referred simply to 'having or relating to a body'; over time it has been used to denote the broader idea of 'the state or quality of being physical or corporeal'.