Why Middle English and Old English are similar
Sentences that refer to both and
- The English name beetle comes from the Old English word bitela, little biter, related to bītan (to bite), leading to Middle English betylle.Beetle-Wikipedia
- The modern English word Earth developed, via Middle English, from an Old English noun most often spelled .Earth-Wikipedia
- The Tigers have worn essentially the same home uniform since 1934 — solid white jersey with navy blue piping down the front and an Old English "D" on the left chest, white pants, navy blue hat with a white letter D in the blackletter or textur/textualis typeface associated with Middle and Early Modern English and popularly referred to as "Old English" even though it was not used for that language.Detroit Tigers-Wikipedia
- In Old English the sequence of derivation started as "cirice", then Middle English "churche", and eventually "church" in its current pronunciation.Church (building)-Wikipedia
- The name "Sussex" is derived from the Middle English Suth-sæxe, which is in turn derived from the Old English Suth-Seaxe which means (land or people) of the South Saxons (cf.Sussex-Wikipedia
- The Anglo-Norman language was eventually absorbed into the Anglo-Saxon language of their subjects (see Old English) and influenced it, helping (along with the Norse language of the earlier Anglo-Norse settlers and the Latin used by the church) in the development of Middle English, which, in turn, evolved into Modern English.Normans-Wikipedia
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