English

Proper noun

Middle English

1. The ancient or older language of Modern English, spoken in England and parts of Scotland (where it became Lowland Scots) from about 1100 AD to 1500 AD. It developed from Anglo-Saxon, also called Old English, with heavy influence from French and Latin after the Norman invasion.

Synonyms

• Medieval English

Translations

Related terms

• Early Modern English
• English
• Late Modern English
• Modern English
• New English
• Old English

See also

• Anglo-Saxon
• Germanic
• Wiktionary's coverage of Middle English terms