netherworld
English
pronoun
Definitions
- The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
- The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
- Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
- (by extension) A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.
Etymology
Prefix from English world.
Origin
English
world
Gloss
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
- 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
- worldsheet English
- worldview English
- worldvolume English
- worldwide English
- worldwisdom English
- worldwise English
- worldy English
- ワールド Japanese
- world Middle English
- 샤이니 월드, w:ko:샤이니 Korean
- vol Volapük
- wol Tok Pisin
- wɔl Krio
- wer
- eld
- world
- worldy
- eWorld
- inworld
- worldie
- worldly
- reworld
- McWorld
- simworld
- offworld
- nonworld
- worldish
- umbworld
- subworld
- worldkin
- artworld
- worldful
- merworld
- outworld
- worldwise
- gameworld
- overworld
- nanoworld
- ringworld
- worldlike
- antiworld
- world map
- homeworld
- worldmate
- worldness
- worldless
- worldbeat
- worldwide
- worldview
- worldhood
- aquaworld
- worldling
- worldbound
- worldsheet
- macroworld
- storyworld
- dreamworld
- multiworld
- otherworld
- soundworld
- interworld
- hyperworld
- underworld
- cyberworld
- Otherworld
- microworld
- afterworld
- braneworld
- Trumpworld
- transworld
- worldwisdom
- throneworld
- world-weary
- worldvolume
- wonderworld
- futureworld
- singleworld
- cumberworld
- Proto-World
- worldmaking
- worldbuilder
- worldbuilding
- thought-world
- parallel world
- world-historical