Old, Middle, and Modern English

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understand

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Old English. In the 11th century, Old

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English became Middle English. Middle

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English is a little closer to Modern

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English, but it's still very different.

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Finally, Modern English began at the end

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of the 14th century, but English

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continues to change, so today's English

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looks a little different from the

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English of the past few centuries.

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Another important thing to know about

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English is that other languages have

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influenced it a lot. So, which

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languages? Well, for example, some

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experts say that almost 30% of English

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words come from Latin and almost 30% of

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English words come directly from French.

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That means that almost 60% of Modern

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English words come from Latin or French.

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That's a big influence. Also, around 6%

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of English words come from Greek, and

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there are many words from other

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languages, too. But, what language

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family