Evolution of the English Language

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

June 29, 2013

Just think: had the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes not invaded Britain in the fifth century, a little over two billion of us might be speaking something similar to Welsh or Gaelic. Where does the word “English” come from? Englisc, or the name of the Angles’ language.