English is a branch of West Germanic language, which was first used by Britain in the Middle Ages and became the most widely used language in the world because of its huge colony. The Anglo tribe, the ancestor of the British, is one of the Germanic tribes that later moved to the island of Great Britain and were called England.
Both names come from Angeria in the Baltic Peninsula. This language is closely related to Frisian and Lower Saxon, and its vocabulary is influenced by other Germanic languages, especially Nordic (North Germanic), which is mainly written in Latin and French.
Main items: Old English
The earliest form of English is called Old English or Anglo-Saxon (AD 550- 1066). Old English developed from a group of Germanic dialects in Beihai, which were originally used by Germanic tribes (called pronghorn, Saxon and jute) in frys, Lower Saxony, Jutland and the southern coastal areas of Sweden.
From the 5th century AD, the Anglo-Saxons settled in England, and Rome's economy and administration collapsed. In the 7th century, the Germanic language of Anglo-Saxons ruled Britain, replacing the language of Roman Britain (43-409 CE): ancient Britten, a Celtic language and Latin, was brought to England and occupied by the Romans.