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Finch (surname)
Finch is an English language, English surname. Finch was also the surname of the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, Earls of Winchilsea and Nottingham (now Finch-Hatton) and Earl of Aylesford, Earls of Aylesford (now Finch-Knightley). People with the surname * Adam Finch (born 2000), English cricketer * Adam Finch (film editor), British film editor * Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661-1720), English poet * Anne Finch, Viscountess Conway (1671-1679), English philosopher * Annie Finch (born 1956), American poet and writer * Aaron Finch (born 1986), Australian cricketer * Alfred William Finch (1854–1930), Belgian artist * Andy Finch, American snowboarder * Andrew Finch, American game designer * Andrew Finch (politician), member of the 41st New York State Legislature, 41st and the 42nd New York State Legislatures (1818–1819) * Andrew Thomas Finch ( 1989–2017), 2017 Wichita swatting victim * Asahel Finch Jr. (1809–1883), American lawyer and politician * Bill Finch (politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
