world
Middle English
/wurld/
noun
Definitions
- The world, the planet (i.e. Earth)
- A dimension, realm, or existence, especially human existence.
- The trappings and features of human life.
- The political entities of the world.
- The people of the world, especially when judging someone.
- An age, era or epoch.
- The universe, the totality of existence.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English woruld inherited from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz (world, lifetime, age era of man, mankind, human existence, age of man).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*weraldiz
Gloss
world, lifetime, age era of man, mankind, human existence, age of man
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- McWorld English
- Otherworld English
- Proto-World English
- Trumpworld English
- afterworld English
- antiworld English
- aquaworld English
- artworld English
- braneworld English
- cumberworld English
- cyberworld English
- dreamworld English
- eWorld English
- eld English
- futureworld English
- gameworld English
- homeworld English
- hyperworld English
- interworld English
- inworld English
- macroworld English
- merworld English
- microworld English
- multiworld English
- nanoworld English
- netherworld English
- nonworld English
- offworld English
- otherworld English
- outworld English
- overworld English
- parallel world English
- reworld English
- ringworld English
- simworld English
- singleworld English
- soundworld English
- storyworld English
- subworld English
- thought-world English
- throneworld English
- transworld English
- umbworld English
- underworld English
- wer English
- wonderworld English
- world English
- world map English
- world-historical English
- world-weary English
- worldbeat English
- worldbound English
- worldbuilder English
- worldbuilding English
- worldful English
- worldhood English
- worldie English
- worldish English
- worldkin English
- worldless English
- worldlike English
- worldling English
- worldly English
- worldmaking English
- worldmate English
- worldness English
- worldriche English
- worldsheet English
- worldview English
- worldvolume English
- worldwide English
- worldwisdom English
- worldwise English
- worldy English
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *weraldiz Proto-Germanic
- ワールド Japanese
- weorold Old English
- weoroldræden Old English
- woruld Old English
- riche Middle English
- werld Middle English
- verǫld Old Norse
- weralt Old High German
- *weraldi gmw-pro
- *weraldu gmw-pro
- werold Old Dutch
- werold Old Saxon
- 샤이니 월드, w:ko:샤이니 Korean
- warld Old Frisian
- vol Volapük
- wol Tok Pisin
- wɔl Krio