English Language

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  • Period: 6000 BCE to 6000 BCE

    English Channel

    The English Channel is formed, cutting off the British Isles from mainland Europe.
  • Period: 500 BCE to 500 BCE

    The Celts

    The Celts begin to colonize Britain.
    Words of Celtic origin in modern English: bog, clan, crag, glen, pet,
    slew, slogan, trousers
  • Period: 55 BCE to 55 BCE

    Roman

    First Roman invasion of Britain.
    Rome ends up occupying Britain for about 500 years.
  • Period: 450 to 480

    Old English inscriptions

    Earliest Old English inscriptions.
  • Period: 450 to 450

    Germanic Anglo-Saxon tribes

    Germanic Anglo-Saxon tribes begin to inhabit British Isles, and the English language is born!
  • Period: 597 to 597

    Anglo-Saxons

    The Anglo-Saxons start converting to Christianity, and English starts adopting new words from Latin, such as: angel, candle, hymn, lobster, martyr, plant, noon, school, sock
  • 792

    Vikings

    Britain first undergoes raids from the Vikings, giving English words from Old Norse: bull, club, law, ransack, reindeer, slaughter, wing