'world-influenced' originates from Modern English, specifically the words 'world' and 'influence' (past participle 'influenced'), where 'world' ultimately comes from Old English 'weoruld' and 'influence' comes from Latin 'influere' meaning 'to flow into'.

'world' changed from Old English 'weoruld' (from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz) and 'influence' passed from Latin 'influere' to Old French 'influence' and Middle English 'influence'; the modern compound 'world-influenced' is a recent formation combining these elements.

Initially, 'world' referred broadly to 'human life or age' and 'influence' originally carried senses related to a 'flowing in' (sometimes with astrological connotations); over time these components came to mean 'the global environment' and 'the effect or power that shapes something,' so together they now mean 'shaped by global forces.'