THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE QUIZ 1

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GERMANIC, HELLENIC AND ITALIC

3 of the main branches of the Indo-European language family

DIALECT

A form of language variation which can develop as a result of isolation is called a __________________________

INDO-EUROPEAN, GERMANIC, WEST GERMANIC, LOW GERMAN, OLD ENGLISH, MIDDLE ENGLISH & MODERN ENGLISH

Order the steps in the development of modern English, beginning with the root language family

MOTHER

The French word mere and the Greek word meter mean ______________

AMERICAN DIALECT

Varmint is an example of _______________

DU

What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Dutch

GK

What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Greek

HEB

What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Hebrew

HG

What is the abbreviation etymologists use for High German

OE

What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Old English

OF

What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Old French

SP

What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Spanish

PHILOLOGIST

a specialist who studies records of languages and words

TRI

the Celtic and Sanskrit form for three is ______________________

SECHT

the Celtic form for 7 is _________________

SEVEN

the French word sept and the Greek word hepta mean ________________

MOTHER

the Latin word mater is related to the English word _______________

NIGHT

the Latin word noct is related to the English word what?

ETYMOLOGY

the study of the origin and history of a word

LINGUIST

the term used for a person who studies and compares languages

ALL PEOPLE

who speaks a dialect?

GREEK DIALECTS

Hellenic includes the ______________________

INDO-EUROPEAN

English developed from which language family?


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