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In the 5th century the Romans left England
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The Combination of Anglo Saxon and the Celtic tribes made a language known as Old English which has many Germanic routes
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The French Normans invaded, with French being the language for most political things
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Shakespeare added 2000 new words and phrases to the language
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Science was originally taught in Latin but new scientists used English and had to make up new words for their discoveries
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King James re translated the bible coining new words and phrases
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When the empire expanded, English adopted new words from it's empire into its language
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It had 42,000 enteries and took many years to complete
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It took many yeasr to complete and is constantly updated
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Anglo Saxons from Germany invaded England where their Germanic language began to take form
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The church however still spoke Latin as the bible was taught in Latin
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The Vikings invaded England bringing words for actions