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Middle English weorld, world, from Old English weoruld, woruld, worold 'human existence, this world, age'; akin to Old High German weralt, worolt'age, world', Old Norse veröld; all from a prehistoric West Germanic-North Germanic compound whose first constituent is represented by Old English wer 'man' and whose second constituent is akin to Old English yldo 'age', ald'old'.

Old English wer < Proto-Indo-European root *wiro 'man'

Old English ald < Proto-Indo-European root *al-'grow, nourish'

Sources: American Heritage Dictionary, Wiktionary, Bartleby

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