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"I" -

This personal pronoun came around before the year 900, and it's one of the oldest words around!

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We have always needed a way to refer to ourselves. Dictionary explains "self-identity was and always will be important".

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"We" - The plural of "I" was created at the same time as its singular form.

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"We" - Because if you can refer to yourself, you must refer to others too.

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"Black" - "Black" is also one of the very earliest words to exist in the English language.

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"Black" - The sky has always gone dark at night. Our ancestors needed a word to describe the lack of light.

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"Mother" - The word "mother" appeared way before "family".

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"Mother" - They do bring life to this world, so it makes sense!

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"Give" - "Give" also came around before the year 900.

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"Give" - We have always traded goods and provided for our families, so this makes sense!

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"Man/Woman" - The basics also needed names.

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Dictionary explained that "identifiers were obviously the key foundational words of the English language".

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"Fire" - Fire gives warmth and light. It needed a name!

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"Fire" - Fire is necessary for survival, hence it was one of the first words to appear in our language.

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"Hand" - How did our ancestors make fire? Using their hands!

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"Hand" -

"When you inevitably burn your hand by holding your dinner over that fire, you need a term to explain what part of your body hurts, too," explains Dictionary.

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"Hear" - It is purported that the word "hear" comes from the need to be quiet while hunting for food.

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"Hear" - The word "hear" is theorized to have emerged much earlier than "speak".

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"Spit" - Who knew "spit" was a vital word for our ancestors before the year 950!

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"Spit" - Spitting is an automatic reaction to nasty tastes!

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"One, two, and three" - "One, two, and three", both as words and as numbers, came to existence before 900!

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"The creation of numbers suggest that a sense of sequential order was necessary in early civilization", Dictionary claims.

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"Flow" - Both "water" and "flow" came to exist before the year 900.

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"Flow" - "Flow" defines the movement of "[moving] along in a stream". Bodies of water have been fundamental for human survival for centuries.

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"Old" - As long as there has been humanity, there has been aging.

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"Old" - The word "old" also represented the concepts of "experience" and "wisdom", qualities associated with aging.

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"This" - When pointing at objects was no longer enough, our ancestors created "this".

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"This" - The word is "used to indicate a thing, state, event, time, remark, [...] one of two or more persons, etc."

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"Pull" - The word "pull" appeared before the year 1000.

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"Pull" - "Pull" originates from building and construction. Pulling wood, stones, animals, each other... you get the idea.

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"Worm" - Worms have had a name since before 900!

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"Worm" -

The little creatures are ancient and have long been used for fishing.

See also: Shakespeare's contributions to the English language

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