What major event led to the US entering WWII? a) The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
b) The sinking of the Lusitania.
c) The sinking of the USS Maine.
d) The US interception of the Zimmerman Note.

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.