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Old English woruldlic (see world, -ly1).


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From Middle English worldly,  worldlich,  wordly(adjective), from Old English woruldlīċ,  worldlīċ,  weoroldlīċ(“worldly; earthly; temporal; mundane; secular”), from Proto-Germanic *weraldilīkaz, equivalent to  world +‎  -ly. Cognate with Dutch wereldlijk(“worldly; secular”), German Low German weltlik(“worldly”), German weltlich(“worldly”), Danish verdslig(“worldly”), Swedish världslig(“worldly”), Icelandic veraldlegur(“worldly; secular”). 
From Middle English worldly,  worldliche,  wordly(adverb), from Old English woroldlīċe,  weoroldlīċe; equivalent to  world +‎  -ly(adverbial suffix). 


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worldly (adj.)

Old English woruldlic "earthly, secular," from the roots of world and like (adj.). A common Germanic compound (Old Frisian wraldlik, Old Saxon weroldlik, Middle Dutch wereldlik, German weltlich, Old Norse veraldligr). Worldly-wise is recorded from c. 1400.