Where does “worldly” come from?

worldly (Middle English) comes from Old English woruldlīċ, from Proto-Germanic weraldilīkaz.

worldly (Middle English): Of the material world

Definitions

  1. Of the material world

Ancestry of “worldly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishworuldlīċworldly, earthly, natural, physical, temporal, mundane
2Proto-Germanicweraldilīkaz—

Words derived from “worldly”

Every word from Proto-Germanic weraldilīkaz →Every word from Old English woruldlīċ →