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No, the old English language did not stop in 1066. The Norman Conquest in 1066 influenced the development of Middle English, which gradually replaced Old English as the dominant language in England. Old English continued to be used in some contexts alongside Middle English for a period of time.
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of comes from Old English
The English language is about 1500-2000 years old. Modern English is somewhere between 300 and 400 years old--Shakespeare wrote in Early Modern English.
Old English belonged to the Germanic language family.
The four stages of the English language are Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, and Modern English. These stages mark the historical development and evolution of the language over time.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Saxons spoke Saxon. This was a Germanic language that was one of the sources of the Anglo-Saxon (or "Old English") language spoken in England before the Norman Conquest.
The English language is a descendant of the original language Old English. Through trade and war, mostly, English was spread quickly though out England and beyond.
Anglo-Saxons
Pear grew up in the English language. It is the modern form of the Old English word peru.
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