The story
- German · borrowed fromUmwelt“environment”
- English todayUmwelt
Unadapted borrowing from German Umwelt (“environment”).
Words from the same roots
GermanUmwelt all →
umbworld
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
umwelt
Today it means: One's surroundings or environment; the outer world as perceived by organisms within it. Full definition →
German Umwelt