盎格鲁撒克逊人一样古老英语。古英语的词汇量的大约50 ， 000 60 ， 000字。这是一个高度屈折的语言一样，现代德语.

9 - Middle English (1150-1500)

Although there were borrowings from Latin, the influence on English was mainly Germanic. Between 1250 and 1500 about 9000 words of French origin poured into English. Seventy-five percent of them are still in use today.

If we say that Old English was a language of full endings. Middle English was one of leveled endings.

9 -中古英语（ 1150年至一五〇 〇年）

虽然有借贷来自拉丁美洲，对英语的影响，主要是日耳曼。

12时50分至1500年约9000字的法国原产地涌入英国。 72百分之五，其中目前仍在使用的。 如果说，古英语是一种语言的完整的结局。中古英语是一个层次的结局。

10 - Modern English (1500-up to now)

Modern English began with the establishment of printing in England.

Early (1500-1700) and Late (1700-up to the present) Modern English

Modern English began with the establishment of printing in England.

Early (1500-1700) and Late (1700-up to the present) Modern English

In the early period of Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and Roman classics. This is known in history as the Renaissance.

Latin and Greek were recognized as the languages of the Western world’

’s great literary heritage and of great scholarship

In fact, more than twenty-five per cent of modern English words come almost directly from classical languages.