英语来源有很多

　　有古英语,基本上是英国原住民的语言.

　　里面有法语,拉丁,德语,那是由於英国被古德国,及法国入侵占领过.有希腊词,那是因为古时候希腊科学发达.

　　后来还有很多词从各国加入进去.

　　只要找一本大些的英英字典,里面都有讲的.

　　OldEnglish,until1066

　　ImmigrantsfromDenmarkandNWGermanyarrivedinBritaininthe5thand6thCenturiesA.D.,speakinginrelateddialectsbelongingtotheGermanicandTeutonicbranchesoftheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamily.Today,EnglishismostcloselyrelatedtoFlemish,Dutch,andGerman,andissomewhatrelatedtoIcelandic,Norwegian,Danish,andSwedish.Icelandic,unchangedfor1,000years,isveryclosetoOldEnglish.Vikinginvasions,beguninthe8thCentury,gaveEnglishaNorwegianandDanishinfluencewhichlasteduntiltheNormanConquestof1066.

　　OldEnglishWords

　　TheAnglescamefromanangle-shapedlandareaincontemporaryGermany.Theirname"Angli"fromtheLatinandcommonly-spoken,pre-5thCenturyGermanmutatedintotheOldEnglish"Engle".Later,"Engle"changedto"Angel-cyn"meaning"Angle-race"byA.D.1000,changingto"Engla-land".SomeOldEnglishwordswhichhavesurvivedintactinclude:feet,geese,teeth,men,women,lice,andmice.Themodernword"like"canbeanoun,adjective,verb,andpreposition.InOldEnglish,though,thewordwasdifferentforeachtype:gelicaasanoun,geicasanadjective,licianasaverb,andgeliceasapreposition.

　　MiddleEnglish,from1066untilthe15thCentury

　　TheNormanInvasionandConquestofBritainin1066andtheresultingFrenchCourtofWilliamtheConquerorgavetheNorwegian-DutchinfluencedEnglishaNorman-Parisian-Frencheffect.From1066untilabout1400,Latin,French,andEnglishwerespoken.EnglishalmostdisappearedentirelyintoobscurityduringthisperiodbytheFrenchandLatindominatedcourtandgovernment.However,in1362,theParliamentopenedwithEnglishasthelanguageofchoice,andthelanguagewassavedfromextinction.Present-dayEnglishisapproximately50%Germanic(EnglishandScandinavian)and50%Romance(FrenchandLatin).

　　MiddleEnglishWords

　　ManynewwordsaddedtoMiddleEnglishduringthisperiodcamefromNormanFrench,ParisianFrench,andScandinavian.NormanFrenchwordsimportedintoMiddleEnglishinclude:catch,wage,warden,reward,andwarrant.ParisianFrenchgaveMiddleEnglish:chase,guarantee,regard,guardian,andgage.ScandinaviangavetoMiddleEnglishtheimportantwordoflaw.EnglishnobilityhadtitleswhichwerederivedfrombothMiddleEnglishandFrench.Frenchprovided:prince,duke,peer,marquis,viscount,andbaron.MiddleEnglishindependentlydevelopedking,queen,lord,lady,andearl.GovernmentaladministrativedivisionsfromFrenchincludecounty,city,village,justice,palace,mansion,andresidence.MiddleEnglishwordsincludetown,home,house,andhall.

　　EarlyModernEnglish,fromthe15thCenturytothe17thCentury

　　Duringthisperiod,EnglishbecamemoreorganizedandbegantoresemblethemodernversionofEnglish.Althoughthewordorderandsentenceconstructionwasstillslightlydifferent,EarlyModernEnglishwasatleastrecognizabletotheEarlyModernEnglishspeaker.Forexample,theOldEnglish"Touspleasessailing"became&