Where does the name for the English language come from?

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Where does the name for the English language come from?

Where did the word English come from? and why?

2007-01-18 12:30:44 · 3 answers · asked by NONAME 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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It comes from the word Angle, the name of the people who conquered the Ancient Britons and pushed them into Cornwall, Wales and Scotland. The oldest form of English was Anglo-Saxon. The part of Britain which they domiated was known (and still is known) as East Anglia. http://www.kessler-web.co.uk/History/KingListsBritain/EnglandEastAnglia.htm

2007-01-18 14:18:55 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

it was the language of the engles in starting in 1066 when olde english was complete.

2007-01-18 12:33:44 · answer #2 · answered by thiiiis chick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

perhaps from England?

2007-01-18 12:36:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋