The English language is a vast melting pot of words handed down, borrowed or created over more than a millennium. And it is still simmering and changing.

	In Roots become the detective and trace some of the origins of the English language.
	In Changing Times investigate how English has changed across a thousand years.
	In the Word Building topic, find out how new words are made or where to go to borrow them.
	And in Over to You! - look at English today and be creative with your own custom-built vocabulary.