All of the following are characteristics of a democracy EXCEPT:
Almost everyone has the opportunity to vote freely.
Some people are not free to express their beliefs through political activities.
People are free as possible to develop their own capacities both socially and
politically
People accept the decisions made by their elected representatives.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.