History of English

Question 0

Old English

Answer 0

450-1150
Earliest form of English that can be documented
Aka Angle Saxon

Question 1

Which Indo-European family of languages does English belong?

Answer 1

Germanic

Question 2

Middle English

Answer 2

1150-1475

Earliest form of understood English

Question 3

Modern English

Answer 3

1475- current
Connected most to Latin
Shakespeare falls under Modern English
Dictionaries were first introduced

Question 4

Conversion to Christianity

Answer 4

597

Paved way for Latin words into English

Question 5

Viking invasions of England

Answer 5

787- Denmark, Norway, other Scandinavian areas invaded
878- England was overrun
1014- king of Denmark seized English throne and rule until 1042

Question 6

Norman conquest of England

Answer 6

1066 Normandy took over England and Norman French became the language for royal court and upper classes

Question 7

Colonization of North America

Answer 7

1619- slaves brought new words

New settlers used words to describe what was new to them.

Question 8

Industrialization

Answer 8

New words were created for new inventions and old expressions took new meaning.

Question 9

Science

Answer 9

New technical and scientific terms were created