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Modern English comes (mostly) from a mix of Anglo-Saxon (spoken by the Britons and the Gaels, the 2 tribes that formed Britain and Ireland), Latin (spoken by Christian missionaries), and Norman French (spoken by William the Conqueror who took over Britain in 1066).

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