Old English woruld, worold "human existence, the affairs of life, a long period of time, the human race, mankind, humanity"
In Old English, the common word for "the physical world" was Middangeard (Old Norse Midgard), literally "the middle enclosure"
The term world war was first mentioned in 1898 as a speculation.
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |