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English

English comes from Middle English Englisch ‘of England’, from Old English Englisċ ‘of the Angles’, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Angli.

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Angli‘an Angle’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150Engle‘the Angles’
  3. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Englisċ‘of the Angles’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Englisch‘of England’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1735English

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Angli‘an Angle’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150Engle‘the Angles’
  3. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Englisċ‘of the Angles’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Englisch‘of England’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1735English

Earliest quotation: 1735, William Wylde, Chanel v. Robotham (1605): “[…] when a man expresses in Latin a Thing…”

Formed from Engle + -ish

Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *Angli

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to England.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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