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Autonomous Work Nª4

Name: Nadine Alejandra Narváez Tapia


Date: May 2nd, 2017
Cycle: IV
Subject: Lexicology

1 Make graphic organizers of the topic studied

THE ORIGIN OF ENGLISH


English is a West Germanic language
that originated from Anglo-Frisian
dialects brought to Britain.

HOW ENGLISH CAME TO THE NAME OF THE LANGUAGE


ENGLAND
a) During the seventh century, the
a) The first people known that was usual Latin name was Angli or Anglia.
later to become England were This became Engle in Old English,
Celts.
b) The Celtic warriors withstood b) The name of the language was
the initial attempt to add their referred to as Englisc.
land to the Roman Empire in 55-54 The word Englaland, which later give
BC, but a century later they were England, did not appear until the
conquered by a larger Roman beginning of the tenth century
army.

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