English language Timeline

  • 1000 BCE

    Celt Migrations

    Celt Migrations
    Celtic -1000 BCE
  • 200

    Roman Occupation

    Roman Occupation
    Latin
    43-410 CE
  • 400

    Germanic Settlements

    Germanic Settlements
    Late 400
    Brought to the English Isles century V -VI
    ANGLO SAXONS AND JUTES = ANGLOSAXON
  • 800

    Viking Invasion

    Viking Invasion
    Old Norse = North Germanic (1% English today)
    787-1000s
  • 1000

    Norman Invasion

    Norman Invasion
    Anglo-Norman
    Old French
    1000s-1154
    Anglo-Norman French: 7.000 words today
  • 1500

    Renaissance Mixing

    Renaissance Mixing
    French, Latin, Greek, Italian
    1400s-1600s
    1476 Printing Press comes to England
  • Empire Imports

    Empire Imports
    1700s
    Hindi-Persian
    Arabic-Turkish
    Malay- American English
  • Late Modern English

    Late Modern English
    Industrial Revolution
    Colonialism
  • English Today

    English Today
    Techonology
    Jargon/Slang