History of English

1. The Germanic, Celtic, Slavic, Latin, and Indian languages were influential in the formation of the English language.

http://www.anglik.net/englishlanguagehistory.htm

2. Yiddish, Dutch, and Scandinavian.

http://www.ielanguages.com/enghist.html

3. The Norman Invasion of 1066 was a major influence of the English language. 

http://www.historyguy.com/norman_conquest_england.html 

4. The Canterbury Tales

http://www.librarius.com/

Caedmon’s Hymn

http://classic-literature.yoexpert.com/a-z-lit-and-authors/how-did-latin-influence-the-famous-old-english-poe-897.html

5. The printing press helped spread the English language by creating more books to go around the world and promote education.http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/press.html

6. It borrows its words from many other languages.

http://www.answers.com/topic/english-language

7. Yes, because this isn't a language that has stopped growing, this one language is derived from a multitude of other languages and is still growing.  Many world powers have adapted English as a second language, meaning that this language is well known for many different countries.