The history of English

  • 600 BCE

    The Celts

    The Celts
    Words like shirt, cabin, beer, league, birch, lark, salmon, cart, carpenter, spirit, and vassal.
  • 55 BCE

    The romans

    The romans
    Words of pre-Roman origin still survive in our language, such as "mud", "cabin", "cerveza", "salmón", "carpintero", "rabbit", "dog", "lance" and "balsa", among others. These words survived, despite the fact that the Romans imposed Latin as the official language.
  • 450

    The Anglo-saxons

    The Anglo-saxons
    Deem, demean, eat and flee
  • 800

    The vikings

    The vikings
    Eye, stone and hear.
  • 1066

    The Normans

    The Normans
    Duke, general, soldier, army, palace, law, cavalry, merchant, lamb, beef, and pork.