Far is the antonym of near. English is a West Germanic language that was first used in early medieval Britain and has become the most widely spoken language in the world due to its vast colonial territories. It was named by the Angles, a Germanic tribe that later migrated to the British Isles and became known as England. Both names come from Anglia, a peninsula in the Baltic Sea. The language is closely related to Frisian and Low German, and its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages, particularly the North Germanic languages, and has been greatly influenced by Latin and French writings.