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Warren (name)
Warren () is a common English language, English and Irish language, Irish surname and a masculine given name derived from the Normans, Norman family "de Warenne" (see De Warenne family), a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne (Arques), Varenne (''Warinna'' in Medieval documents) in Normandy. The river name is thought to be derived from the continental Old Celtic ''Var- / Ver-'' "water, river", with a Germanic influence on the initial V- > W- after ''Warinna'', from the Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''war-'', meaning "to protect or defend". Notable people with the name "Warren" include: Surname A–D * Alan Warren (sailor) (born 1935), British sailor * Alan Warren (priest) (1932–2020), Anglican priest and author * Alfred Warren (1856–1927), British Conservative member of Parliament * Allan Warren, English photographer * Andy Warren (British musician) * Andy Warren (Canadian musician) * Andrew Warren (disambiguat ... [...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] |
