English language Timeline

By mcsantosg
  • Celt Migrations
    1000 BCE

    Celt Migrations

    Celtic -1000 BCE
  • Roman Occupation
    200

    Roman Occupation

    Latin
    43-410 CE
  • Germanic Settlements
    400

    Germanic Settlements

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

    Viking Invasion

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

    Norman Invasion

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

    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