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450
Anglo Saxon
This was during the time of the vikings.
Anglo Saxon is everyday words like house, dog, and loaf.
About 2,000 words came from this era.
450 A.D. -
1564
Shakespeare
2,000 new words and phrases came from Shakespeare.
During the medieval times. -
English and Empire
The English Empire took words from other places they traveled.
During this time people had to explore to find new lands, and in this case words too. -
The Age of the Dictionary
This is the time where the created the dictionary.
There was only 42,773 entries in it.
They've made many through out the years because there's new words. -
Internet English
This was the time when the first email was sent.
This is also when people started abbreviating things to be easier to spell/say. -
Global English
1.5 billion people are able to speak english.
English is really a lot of different languages just put together to make words.