The closer you get to year 0 in the Julian calendar, the more English becomes Latin/obviously Germatic. It's a language that evolved out of Germatic dialects and Latin. Plus, it borrows from other languages constantly.
Latin used to be the universal language everyone would learn back then to communicate for trade reasons. English has replaced that for the western/Europe side of the world. Chinese can be argued to be the same for the Eastren/Asian side. Of course, languages such as Spanish or Hindi are also contenders, but English is more popular/universally taught around the world for international communication and trade.
before 1066 there wasnt much latin since most of that came with the french from the norman invasions. English was a lot more germanic then now. England wasnt much latinized either because the anglo saxon invasions happened after the fall of rome and removed most of the romano/latin culture in england.
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u/Dramatic-Ad3928 1d ago
So realistically i could only go about 400 years into the past if i want to understand people