History of English

By Elsaaa
  • 410

    Chapter 1.- Anglo-saxon

    Chapter 1.- Anglo-saxon
    410-450 AD.- It all started when the Romans left Britain and a lot of Germanic arrived and began to invade tribes such as the Anglo and Saxons, who together created the term Anglo-Saxon and the Jutes who did not.
    597AD.- Missionaries and Vikings
    With the arrival of the missionaries they brought with them words derived from Latin and then came the Vikings who looted and added new words to the language
  • 1066

    Chapter 2.- The Norman Conquest

    Chapter 2.- The Norman Conquest
    In 1066 William the conqueror invaded England, bringing new concepts to the language, which were added around 10 thousand French words. With the 100-year war, English and French took over the property language
  • 1564

    Chapter 3.- Shakespeare

    Chapter 3.- Shakespeare
    At this time around 2,000 new words and phrases were created that were invented by William Shakespeare (1564- 1616)
  • Chapter 4.- The king James Bible

    Chapter 4.- The king James Bible
    It consisted of the new translation of the bible, where a team of scribes made an additional effort to make the translation to King James so that everyone could read it.
    This new bible was the force of the root of the language and even the ends of the earth.
  • Chapter 5.- The english of Science

    Chapter 5.- The english of Science
    Before the seventeenth century the scientists of that era were not really recognized. With the appearance of Issac Newton, among others they took their studies and experiments to schools and began to use words that came from Latin as a pendulum, gravity, etc.
  • Chapter 6.-. English and empire

    Chapter 6.-. English and empire
    1583- 1914.- The English went to the Caribbean in search of wealth and brought with them some local words like Hannibal, chocolate, among others. Along with the invasion of Napoleon in the First World War, there was a great variety of the English language that developed throughout the world.
  • Chapter 7.- The age of the Dictionary

    Chapter 7.- The age of the Dictionary
    In 1946 the creator of the first English language dictionary was Dr. Johnson, who took 9 years to write it.
    In 1928 a recent edition was made that contained new words and that is being renewed from time to time.
  • Chapter 8.- American English

    Chapter 8.- American English
    In 1703 it was the arrival of England to America in which the English assigned new words to their vocabulary
    In 1967 with the new language of capitalism, there was a new complete system of highways, subways, parking lots and new cultures quickly arrived and there was a fusion of words
  • Chapter 9.- Internet English

    Chapter 9.- Internet English
    In 1972 the first email was sent online and with this the English changed through the people and with the passage of time in 1991 all the people around the world began to use abbreviations
  • Chapter 10.- Global English

    Chapter 10.- Global English
    At this time about 1.5 billion people speak English and mix between natives and their second language, such as the "Hinglish" of India, "Chinglish" of China and "Singlish" of Singapore.
    In conclusion, English has been so little of England that new words from other countries adhere every day