English
Sinne
Betekenis (Engels)
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- Of or pertaining to England.
- English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
- Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen).
- Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
- Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
- Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors.
Sinonieme
English language
English people
Englishwoman British Briton
𐐀𐑍𐑊𐐮𐑇
English-speaking person
white person
U.S. English
AUS
United States English
English person
Frekwensie
Gekoppel as
Eng‧lish
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)).
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