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410
Romans leave Britain
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450
Angle-Saxon
Germanic tribes started flooding in to Britain, such as the Angles and the Saxons. Also the Jutes did. -
597
Christians
Christian missionaries stole in bringing with them leaflets about jumble sales and more Latin. They were a hit with the locals. -
800
Vikings
Along came the vikings, they gave 2000 words in English -
1066
William the Conqueror
He invades England bringing French language, the Domesday Book, and the duty free Galois's multipack. French was used for all official business. Nonetheless, Latin was still used in Church and the common men spoke English. -
1550
"Canoe"
Discovery of the word -
1550
"Cannibal"
Discovery of the word -
Period: 1564 to
William Shakespeare
About 2000 new words and phrases were invented by William Shakespeare. -
British landed in America
They needed names for all the plants and animals. -
"Cummerbund"
Discovery of the word -
King James Bible
A team of scribes made the new James's translation of the bible.
"All thins to all men"
"Heart's desire"
"Fight the good fight" -
Period: to
Robert Boyle
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Period: to
Robert Hooke
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Period: to
Isaac Newton
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"Barbeque"
Discovery of the word -
"Cookies"
Discovery of the word -
Period: to
Dr. Johnson's English dictionary
It was 18 inches tall and contained 42773 entries. -
"Coleslaw"
Discovery of the word -
"Yoga"
In India, it was considered to help you to stay in shape , while pretending to be spiritual. -
"Voodoo"
Discovery of the word in Africa. -
"Pretzels"
Discovery of the word by Germans -
Period: to
Oxford English Dictionary
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"Zombie"
Discovery of the word in Africa. -
"Pasta"
Discovery of the word by Italians -
"Subways"
Discovery of the word in America -
"Cool movies"
British Discovery of the word -
"Breakeven"
Discovery of the word in America -
"White collar"
Discovery of the word in America -
"Merger"
Discovery of the word in America -
"Blue Chip"
Discovery of the word in America -
"Freeways"
Discovery of the word in America -
"Pizza"
Discovery of the word by Italians -
"Groovy Jazz"
British Discovery of the word -
"Bottom line"
Discovery of the word in America -
Email
The first email was sent -
"Download"
Discovery of the word -
"Downsizing"
Discovery of the word in America -
"Fiwewall"
Discovery of the word -
Internet arrived
Discovery of the word -
"Toolbar"
Discovery of the word -
"Blog"
Discovery of the word
