Ancient egypt was a polytheistic society. what does this mean?

It means their society believes in not just one, but many gods. If you look into Ancient Egypt's history, a lot of their actions and thoughts were based off of the many gods they worshiped.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.