Old english

English Language through the years

By cpete89
  • 200

    Proto-English

    Proto-English
    The languages of the Germanic peoples gave rise to the English language. Some Latin words for common objects entered the vocabulary of these Germanic peoples before their arrival in Britain and their subsequent formation of England.
  • 450

    Old English

    Old English
    Some Germanic tribes spoke similar languages, which in britain developed into what we call Old English. Old english dosent look or sound like english does now.
  • Jan 1, 1066

    Middle English

    Middle English
    Middle English was influenced by Anglo-French and by Anglo-Norman.
  • Jan 1, 1100

    The Norman Conquest

    The Norman Conquest
    The Noman Conquest had a very big impact on the english language, before The Norman Conquest latin had only been a small iinfluence on the english language but after it had a bigger impact.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Modern English

    Modern English
    The next innovation of the English Language is Renaissance. More vocabulary and grammar was added to the language.
  • Discovery of Indo-European Language

    Discovery of Indo-European Language
    Recogition that all languages are the fundamentally the same in nature.
  • Non-Indo languages

    Non-Indo languages
    classification of non-indo languages continue.
  • American Languages have bigger impacts

    American Languages have bigger impacts
    English and American Languages have bgger impacts.