ORIGINOFENGLISH 　　WespeakEnglishbutdoweknowwhereitcomesfrom?Ididn鈥檛knowuntilIstartedtostudyonthissubjectandIlearnedwhereitcomesfromandhowithasdeveloped. 　　ThehistoryofEnglishbeginsalittleafterA.D.600.TheancestorsofthelanguagewerewanderingintheforestsofnorthernEurope.TheirlanguagewasapartofGermanicbranchofIndo-EuropeanFamily. 　　ThepeopletalkingthislanguagespreadtothenortherncoastofEuropeinthetimeofRomanEmpire.AmongthispeoplethetribescalledAngels,Saxons,JuteswhichiscalledAnglo-SaxonscometoEngland.ThefirstLatineffectwasinthatperiod.Latineffectedthelanguagewiththemerchantstravelingthetribes.SomeofthewordstakenfromLatinare;kettle,wine,cheese,butter,cheap. 　　Alsointhe14thcenturyRomeEmpireweakenedbecauseGothsattackedtoMediterraneancountriesofRomanEmpireandAnglo-Saxonsattackedtoempire.OntheotherhandtheCeltictribesinScotlandandWalesdeveloped.Attheendin410thelastromanemperorlefttheislandtoCelticandAnglo-Saxons.CelticandAnglo-Saxonsfoughtfor100yearsandAnglo-SaxonskilledalltheCeltics.In550Anglo鈥揝axonsestablishedEngland.DuringRomaEmpireLatinwasn鈥檛thenativelanguageofthekingdombecausepeopleinthecountryweretalkingCeltic. 　　WhenAnglo-SaxonsbecameChristianin597theylearnedLatin.AccordingtotheeffectstoEnglish,thehistoryofthelanguagedividedintothree;OldEnglish(7thcentury-1100),MiddleEnglish(1100-1450/1500),ModernEnglish(1500-now).InsomebooksModernEnglishisdividedintotwoEarlymodern(1500-1700),LateModern(1700-now). 　　OLDENGLISH 　　WhenEnglandwasestablishedtherewereseveralkingdomsandthemostadvancedonewasNurthumbria.ItwasthisperiodthatthebestoftheOldEnglishliteraturewaswritten,includingtheepicpoemBeowulf. 　　Inthe8thcenturyNurthumbrianpowerdeclined,WestSaxonsbecametheleadingpower.ThemostfamouskingoftheWestSaxonswasAlfredtheGreat.Hefoundedandestablishedschools,translatedorcausedtobetranslatedmanybooksfromLatinintoEnglish. 　　Aftermanyyearsofhit-and-runraidsbetweentheEuropeankingdoms,theNorsemanlandedintheyearof866andlatertheeastcoastoftheislandwasNorseman鈥檚.NorselanguageeffectedtheEnglishconsiderably.Norsewasn鈥檛sodifferentfromEnglishandEnglishpeoplecouldunderstandNorseman.Therewereconsiderableinterchangesandwordborrowings(sky,give,law,egg,outlaw,leg,ugly,talk).Alsoborrowedpronounslikethey,their,them.ItissupposedalsothattheNorsemaninfluencedthesoundstructureandthegrammarofEnglish. 　　OldEnglishhadsomesoundwhichwedon鈥檛knowhavenow.Ingrammar,OldEnglishwasmuchmorehighlyinflectedthatMiddleEnglishbecausetherewerecaseendingsfornouns,morepersonandnumberendingsofwordsandamorecomplicatedpronounsystems,variousendingsforadjectives.InvocabularyOldEnglishisquietdifferentfromMiddleEnglish.MostoftheOldEnglishwordsarenativeEnglishwhichweren鈥檛borrowedfromotherlanguages.OntheotherhandOldEnglishcontainsborrowedwordscomingfromNorseandLatin. 　　MIDDLEENGLISH 　　Between1100-1200manyimportantchangestookplaceinthestructureofEnglishandOldEnglishbecameMiddleEnglish.Thepoliticaleventwhicheffectedtheadministrationsystem