Middle English

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Translations 1.1.3 Related terms 1.1.4 See also 1.1.5 External links

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Singular Middle English

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Middle English

1. The ancestor language of Modern English, spoken in England and parts of Scotland (where it became Lowland Scots) from about 1100 AD to 1500 AD. It developed from Anglo-Saxon, also called Old English, with heavy influence from French and Latin after the Norman invasion.

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• Medieval English

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• English
• English language
• Modern English
• Old English

[edit] See also

• Anglo-Saxon
• Germanic
• Category:Middle English language for words in Middle English

[edit] External links

• ISO 639-3 code enm (SIL)